dry nurse

dry nurse

noun

Definition of DRY NURSE

a girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children <after years of being a dry nurse to other women's children, she longed to have a child of her own>

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

Related Words amah, ayah; au pair, bonne; mammy; duenna, fraulein, governess, mademoiselle