nursing mother

noun

1. a mother who is breast-feeding her baby
2. a biblical name for foster mother

Example Sentences

England, on the other hand, was the pioneer of civilization, and the nursing-mother of missionary enterprise.

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The venison tasted deliciously, especially as the poor nursing mother was almost famished.

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Often the love of pleasure brings with it this punishment to the nursing mother who neglects her maternal duties.

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No nursing mother is safe whose breasts are not properly and daily emptied.

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To the people who made this language the sea has been the "nursing mother."

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