dry nurse
noun
1 dry nurse
A nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant.
Roget 540:
teacher,
trainer,
instructor,
institutor,
master,
tutor,
director,
Corypheus,
dry nurse,
coach,
grinder,
crammer,
don;
governor,
bear leader;
governess,
duenna [Sp.];
disciplinarian.
professor,
lecturer,
reader,
prelector†,
prolocutor,
preacher;
chalk talker,
khoja†;
pastor
etc.
(clergy)
996;
schoolmaster,
dominie [Fr.],
usher,
pedagogue,
abecedarian;
schoolmistress,
dame,
monitor,
pupil teacher.
expositor
etc.
524;
preceptor,
guide;
guru;
mentor
etc.
(adviser)
695;
pioneer,
apostle,
missionary,
propagandist,
munshi†,
example
etc.
(model for imitation)
22.
professorship
etc.
(school)
542.
tutelage
etc.
(teaching)
537.
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Dutch: baker, kraamhulp, kraamverzorgster
verb
Roget 707:
aid,
assist,
help,
succor,
lend one's aid;
come to the aid
etc.
n..
of;
contribute,
subscribe to;
bring aid,
give aid,
furnish aid,
afford aid,
supply aid
etc.
n.;
give a helping hand,
stretch a hand,
lend a helping hand,
lend a hand,
bear a helping hand,
hold out a hand,
hold out a helping hand;
give one a life,
give one a cast,
give one a turn;
take by the hand,
take in tow;
help a lame dog over a stile,
lend wings to.
relieve,
rescue;
set up,
set agoing†,
set on one's legs;
bear through,
pull through;
give new life to,
be the making of;
reinforce,
reenforce,
recruit;
set forward,
put forward,
push forward;
give a lift,
give a shove,
give an impulse to;
promote,
further,
forward,
advance expedite,
speed,
quicken,
hasten.
support,
sustain,
uphold,
prop,
hold up,
bolster.
cradle,
nourish;
nurture,
nurse,
dry nurse,
suckle,
put out to nurse;
manure,
cultivate,
force;
foster,
cherish,
foment;
feed the flame,
fan the flame.
serve;
do service to,
tender to,
pander to;
administer to,
subminister to†,
minister to;
tend,
attend,
wait on;
take care of
etc.
459;
entertain;
smooth the bed of death.
oblige,
accommodate,
consult the wishes of;
humor,
cheer,
encourage.
second,
stand by;
back,
back up;
pay the piper,
abet;
work for,
make interest for,
stick up for,
take up the cudgels for;
take up the cause of,
espouse the cause of,
adopt the cause of;
advocate,
beat up for recruits,
press into the service;
squire,
give moral support to,
keep in countenance,
countenance,
patronize;
lend oneself to,
lend one's countenance to;
smile upon,
shine upon;
favor,
befriend,
take in hand,
enlist under the banners of;
side with
etc.
(cooperate)
709.
be of use to;
subserve
etc.
(instrument)
631;
benefit
etc.
648;
render a service
etc.
(utility)
644;
conduce
etc.
(tend)
176.
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