Wat (wie) is nutrix - definitie

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

Wet nurse

·- A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. ·cf. Dry nurse.

wet nurse

¦ 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.

wet nurse

also wet-nurse (wet nurses)

In former times, a wet nurse was a woman who was paid to breast-feed another woman's baby.

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Wikipedia

Wet nurse

A wet nurse is a woman who breastfeeds and cares for another's child. Wet nurses are employed if the mother dies, or if she 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. Wet-nursing existed in cultures around the world until the invention of reliable formula milk in the 20th century. The practice has made a small comeback in the 21st century.

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