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dry nurse

noun

Definition of DRY NURSE

: a nurse who takes care of but does not breast-feed another woman's baby

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First Known Use of DRY NURSE

1598

Related to DRY NURSE

Synonyms: babysitter, nurse, nanny (also nannie), nursemaid, nurser, sitter

Rhymes with DRY NURSE

adverse, amerce, asperse, averse, coerce, commerce, converse, cutpurse, disburse, disperse, diverse, free verse, immerse, inverse, Nez Percé, obverse, perverse, rehearse, reverse, scrub nurse, sesterce, submerse, transverse, traverse, wet nurse

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dry nurse

noun

Medical Definition of DRY NURSE

: a nurse who takes care of but does not breast-feed another woman's baby

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