wet-nurse n 1: a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else [syn: {wet nurse}, {wet-nurse}, {wetnurse}, {amah}] v 1: give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" [syn: {breastfeed}, {suckle}, {suck}, {nurse}, {wet-nurse}, {lactate}, {give suck}] [ant: {bottlefeed}]