also: にゅうぼ · ちうば · まま · ちおも · ちも · にゅうも
noun
Archaic term for a woman employed to breastfeed and care for another's child. In modern contexts, it appears mainly in historical or literary settings.
昔、貴族の家では乳母が子供の世話をしていた。
In the past, wet nurses took care of children in aristocratic households.
この物語には、主人公を育てた乳母が登場する。
In this story, the wet nurse who raised the protagonist appears.
Rare reading.
Rare reading.
The kanji 乳 (milk) and 母 (mother) directly convey the meaning. The common reading うば is a kun'yomi-based reading, while にゅうぼ is the on'yomi. The historical derivation of the less common readings is uncertain.