dry nurse (English, noun)
expansion: dry nurse (plural dry nurses)
Senses:
glosses: A nurse who takes care of a baby, but does not breastfeed.
tags: historical
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: An inferior officer who carries on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship.
tags: archaic
slang
Forms:
form: dry nurses
tags: plural