wet nurse
WOMAN EMPLOYED TO BREASTFEED AND CARE FOR ANOTHER'S CHILD
Wet-nurse; Wetnurse; Milk nurse; Wet nursing; Wetnursing; Nutrix; Wet-nursed; Milk mother; Wet nurses
¦ noun chiefly historical a woman employed to suckle another woman's child.
¦ verb (wet-nurse) act as a wet nurse to.
?informal look after (someone) as though they were a helpless infant.