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How to pronounce wetnurse in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms amah, wet-nurse, wet nurse
Type of nanny, nurse, nursemaid

Examples of wetnurse

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Christina herself believed a wetnurse had carelessly dropped her to the floor when she was a baby.
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However, he was accepted by Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb, a wetnurse who had found no child to take care of.
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One day, according to his wetnurse Halima, Muhammad was visited by two men, who opened up his chest and washed his heart.
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He also had a wetnurse.
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In Islam those who are fed in this way become siblings to the biological children of their wetnurse, provided that they are less than 2 years old.
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More examples
  • Wet nurse: a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
  • Those who feed babies.