A woman who nurses and brings up another's child: (a) as an adoptive mother; (b) in the capacity of a nurse.
| 单词 | θ153299 |
| 释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] > foster-mother (6) foster-mother?a1000 A woman who nurses and brings up another's child: (a) as an adoptive mother; (b) in the capacity of a nurse. nursing mother1535 A foster-mother; a wet nurse. Also figurative. Cf. nurse-mother, n. Obsolete. nurse-mother1579 A foster-mother; a wet nurse. fostress1603 A female who fosters, in the senses of the verb. foster-nurse1607 A nurse who brings up another's child as her own. mammy1618 Scottish. A wet nurse; a foster mother. Now rare (Shetland in later use). Perhaps Obsolete. |
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