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milk-mother en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. Wet nurse (especially in an Islamic context, or the literal translation of the Chinese term 奶媽).
    • Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb was the milk-mother of the Prophet Muhammad.

Forms

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milk-mothers Number=Plur lexicographic
milk mother alternative lexicographic

Relateds

milk sister · milk brother

Translations (4)

cmn 奶媽 /奶妈 (familial wet nurse) · la nutrix (familial wet nurse) · la mamma (familial wet nurse) · sv amma (familial wet nurse)