Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A nurse; one who nourishes a child but is not its mother.
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They positively prefer the company of the mules to mine, although when I come here with their foster-dam, the deerhound, they all condescend to leave this compound and to follow me through the woods.
Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure Gordon Stables 1875
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