dry nurse
To feed, attend, and bring up without suckling.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
To feed, attend, and bring up without suckling.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(nautical, slang, archaic) An inferior officer who carries on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship.
The family found a dry nurse to take care of the infant.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026
(chiefly, historical) A nurse who takes care of a baby, but does not breastfeed.
The family found a dry nurse to take care of the infant.
Origin: To distinguish from a wet nurse, who suckles a baby. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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