■ noun chiefly historical a woman employed to suckle another woman's child.
■ verb ( wet-nurse ) act as a ~ to.
↘ informal look after (someone) as though they were a helpless infant.
■ noun chiefly historical a woman employed to suckle another woman's child.
■ verb ( wet-nurse ) act as a ~ to.
↘ informal look after (someone) as though they were a helpless infant.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004