Oxford Dictionary English wet nurse nounnoun BrE BrE//ˈwet nɜːs// ; NAmE NAmE//ˈwet nɜːrs// Add to my wordlistjump to other results (usually in the past) a woman employed to feed another woman’s baby with her own breast milkSee wet nurse in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: wet nurse oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com