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Drynurse

DRYNURSE

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Noun.
1.
A nurse who attends and feeds a child without the breast.
2.
One who attends another in sickness.

DRYNURSE

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Verb.
T.
To feed, attend and bring up without the breast.

Definition 2024


drynurse

drynurse

See also: dry nurse and dry-nurse

English

Verb

drynurse (third-person singular simple present drynurses, present participle drynursing, simple past and past participle drynursed)

  1. To feed, attend, and bring up without suckling.
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