Usually means: Caretaker who doesn't provide breastfeeding.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word dry-nurse:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. dry-nurse: Merriam-Webster
  2. dry-nurse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dry-nurse, dry-nurse: Collins English Dictionary
  4. dry-nurse: Vocabulary.com
  5. dry-nurse: Wordnik
  6. dry-nurse: Wiktionary
  7. dry-nurse: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. dry-nurse: Dictionary.com
  9. dry-nurse: Rhymezone
  10. Dry-nurse: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  11. dry-nurse: FreeDictionary.org
  12. dry-nurse: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. dry-nurse: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dry-nurse: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Dry-nurse)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of dry nurse [(chiefly historical) A nurse who takes care of a baby, but does not breastfeed.]

Similar:
wet nurse, wet-nurse, nurse, wetnurse, nanny, nurserymaid, nursemaid, nursegirl, nursling, babysitter, more...

Opposite:
wet-nurse

Types:
wet nurse, milk nurse, nanny, more...

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Similar:
wet nurse, wet-nurse, nurse, wetnurse, nanny, nurserymaid, nursemaid, nursegirl, nursling, babysitter, more...

Opposite:
wet-nurse

Types:
wet nurse, milk nurse, nanny, more...



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