nourrice

Meaning

  1. childminder, nanny
  2. wet nurse
  3. (slang) mule (person paid to smuggle drugs)

Concepts

wet nurse

nurse

nanny

nursemaid

jerrican

jerrycan

wet-nurse

child-minder

baby-minder

childminder

amah

wetnurse

nana

babysitter

babysitting

maid

minder

nurserymaid

Frequency

C2
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/nu.ʁis/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French nourrisse, nourrice, from Old French nurrice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia, from the feminine of Latin nūtrīcius.

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