dry nurse

noun

Definition of dry nursenext
as in nurse
a girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children after years of being a dry nurse to other women's children, she longed to have a child of her own

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  1. nurse
  2. nanny
Noun
  • Clancy, a labor and delivery nurse, gives birth to her third child.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Youth, teachers and parents in four towns complained of unsanitary school conditions and chronic staff shortages including of nurses and social workers.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of nurse
Noun
  • While Denny is out trick or treating on Halloween with his nanny Cecilia (Adriana Paz, Emilia Pérez), Mark and Abigail’s son goes missing.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Krems said the nanny, Chun-May Lee, who allegedly abused the children, was quickly fired.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of nanny
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“Dry nurse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dry%20nurse. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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