woman "in milk" hired to breast-feed the children of others.
A wet nurse is a woman who breast feeds and cares for another`s child. Wet nurses are employed when the mother is unable or chooses not to nurse the child herself. Wet-nursed children may be known as `milk-siblings`, and in some cultures the families are linked by a special relationship of milk kinship. Mothers who nurse each other`s babies ar...
• A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse.
a woman who breastfeeds the infant of another.
A woman (servant) employed to breast feed an infant
Wet' nurse` A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Confer Dry nurse . 
Type: Term Definitions: 1. a woman who is engaged to breast-feed another woman's infant.
[n] - a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
wet-nurse noun a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else