Usually means: Caregiver who breastfeeds another's baby.
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  3. wetnurse: Wiktionary
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  5. Wetnurse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  7. wetnurse: FreeDictionary.org
  8. wetnurse: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. wetnurse: Medical dictionary

(Note: See wetnurses as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Wetnurse)

noun:  Alternative spelling of wet nurse [A woman hired to suckle another woman's child.]
verb:  Alternative spelling of wet nurse [(transitive) To act as a wet nurse (in either sense).]

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