Nanny and Wet nurse

Nanny

Nanny noun - A girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children.
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Wet nurse and nanny are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wet nurse" instead a noun "Nanny".

Nearby Word: Nannie

Wet nurse

Wet nurse noun - A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
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Nanny and wet nurse are semantically related. You can use "Nanny" instead a noun phrase "Wet nurse".

Both terms in one sentence

  • Manga / Basilisk Not exactly Takechiyo's mother (she's his wet nurse and nanny), but her devotion to him and thirst for power are equally fierce, and she'll stop at nothing to see her adoptive son as the heir of the Tokugawa shogunate.
  • Bloodborne does this again to Lullaby for Mergo, the exact same song played in Tiny Music Box is being played during the fight against Mergo's Wet Nurse, you're clubbing a nanny to death while hearing a lullaby.
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