milk mother

A form of milk-mother — Wet nurse (especially in an Islamic context, or the literal translation of the Chinese term 奶媽).

Meanings

nounmilk mother (plural milk mothers)

plural milk mothers

  1. alternativeAlternative form of milk-mother.
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