milk-mother

noun

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.”

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Meanings

nounmilk-mother (plural milk-mothers)

plural milk-mothers · alternative milk mother

  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.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 奶媽 /奶妈
  • 奶媽 /奶妈 (nǎimā)familial wet nurse
Latin nutrix, mamma
  • nutrixfamilial wet nurse
  • mammafamilial wet nurse
Swedish amma
  • ammafamilial wet nurse
Cite this entry
APA

milk-mother. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milk-mother

MLA

“milk-mother.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milk-mother. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “milk-mother,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milk-mother.

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