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ˈnurse-mother Now rare. [f. nurse n.1 or v. Cf. nursing-mother.] A foster-mother.
1579Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 137/2 When Iesus Christe shall be come, Princes must be protectours of Christianitie, and Queenes must be nurse mothers. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 383 Thus much briefely of my deare nourse-mother, Oxford.
1896Daily News 8 Jan. 2/4 The Coroner expressed great surprise that the..authorities should send these children to ‘nurse mothers’ who were not duly registered. |