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  1. wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse, amahverb

    a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else

    Synonyms:
    wetnurse, wet-nurse, maidservant, maid, housemaid, amah

  2. breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suckverb

    give suck to

    "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"

    Synonyms:
    soak up, entertain, go down on, sop up, wet-nurse, fellate, hold, draw, give suck, absorb, suckle, take in, suck in, harbour, nurse, imbibe, lactate, blow, take up, suck up, harbor, breastfeed, suck

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