乳母めのと

noun

wet nurse; nursing mother

Obsolete and poetic term for a woman employed to breastfeed and care for another's child. In modern Japanese, 乳母 is usually read うば, and めのと is a historical reading.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん学がくでは、貴き族ぞくの子こに乳母めのとが仕つかえる場ば面めんがよく描えがかれる。

  In classical literature, scenes of a wet nurse (めのと) serving a noble child are often depicted.