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Wet nurse, the Glossary

A wet nurse is a woman who breastfeeds and cares for another's child.^[1]

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Wet nurses

Aeneas

In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas (from) was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus).

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Akbar

Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (–), popularly known as Akbar the Great, and also as Akbar I, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605.

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Alexander Neckam

Alexander Neckam (8 September 115731 March 1217) was an English poet, theologian, and writer.

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Alexandria

Alexandria (الإسكندرية; Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast.

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The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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American Red Cross

The American National Red Cross, is a nonprofit humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States.

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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Anno Domini

The terms anno Domini. (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used when designating years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

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Aristocracy

Aristocracy is a form of government that places power in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class, the aristocrats.

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Asiya

Asiya bint Muzahim (Āsiya bint Muzāḥim) was, according to the Qur'an and Islamic tradition, the wife of the Pharaoh of the Exodus.

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Baby farming

Baby farming is the historical practice of accepting custody of an infant or child in exchange for payment in late-Victorian Britain and, less commonly, in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Wet nurse and Baby farming are child care occupations.

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Bayinnaung

Bayinnaung Kyawhtin Nawrahta (ဘုရင့်နောင် ကျော်ထင်နော်ရထာ; บุเรงนองกะยอดินนรธา,, Portuguese: Braginoco; 16 January 1516 – 10 October 1581) was king of the Toungoo Dynasty of Myanmar from 1550 to 1581.

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Blood bank

A blood bank is a center where blood gathered as a result of blood donation is stored and preserved for later use in blood transfusion.

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Breast pump

A breast pump is a mechanical device that lactating women use to extract milk from their breasts. Wet nurse and breast pump are breastfeeding.

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Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding, variously known as chestfeeding or nursing, is the process where breast milk is fed to a child.

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Breastfeeding in Islam

Breastfeeding is highly regarded in Islam. Wet nurse and Breastfeeding in Islam are breastfeeding.

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Caieta

In Roman mythology, Caieta (Καιήτη, Cāiēta) was the wet-nurse of Aeneas. Wet nurse and Caieta are wet nurses.

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Capitoline Wolf

The Capitoline Wolf (Italian: Lupa Capitolina) is a bronze sculpture depicting a scene from the legend of the founding of Rome.

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Child abandonment

Child abandonment is the practice of relinquishing interests and claims over one's offspring in an illegal way, with the intent of never resuming or reasserting guardianship.

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Childbirth

Childbirth, also known as labour, parturition and delivery, is the completion of pregnancy where one or more babies exits the internal environment of the mother via vaginal delivery or caesarean section.

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Children of the plantation

"Children of the plantation" is a euphemism used to refer to people with ancestry tracing back to the time of slavery in the United States in which the offspring was born to black African female slaves (either still in the state of slavery or freed) in the context of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and Non-Black men, usually the slave's owner, one of the owner's relatives, or the plantation overseer.

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Colostrum

Colostrum is the first form of milk produced by the mammary glands of humans and other mammals immediately following delivery of the newborn. Wet nurse and Colostrum are breastfeeding.

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Columna Lactaria

The Columna Lactaria ("Milk Column") was a landmark in ancient Rome in the Forum Holitorium, or produce market.

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Congenital syphilis

Congenital syphilis is syphilis that occurs when a mother with untreated syphilis passes the infection to her baby during pregnancy or at birth.

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Cultural diplomacy

Cultural diplomacy is a type of soft power that includes the "exchange of ideas, information, art, language and other aspects of culture among nations and their peoples in order to foster mutual understanding".

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Culture of ancient Rome

The culture of ancient Rome existed throughout the almost 1,200-year history of the civilization of Ancient Rome.

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Dai Anga

Born as Zeb-un-Nisa, Dai Anga (Urdu: دائی انگہ), was the wet-nurse of the Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan. Wet nurse and Dai Anga are wet nurses.

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Dauphin of France

Dauphin of France (also; Dauphin de France), originally Dauphin of Viennois (Dauphin de Viennois), was the title given to the heir apparent to the throne of France from 1350 to 1791, and from 1824 to 1830.

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David Malo

David Malo or Davida Malo (1795–1853) was a chiefly counselor, a Hawaiian intellectual, educator, politician and minister.

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Deborah (Genesis)

Deborah (Deborah) appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wet nurse of Rebecca (Genesis 35:8). Wet nurse and Deborah (Genesis) are wet nurses.

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Developing country

A developing country is a sovereign state with a less developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries.

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Digest (Roman law)

The Digest (Digesta), also known as the Pandects (Pandectae; Πανδέκται, Pandéktai, "All-Containing"), was a compendium or digest of juristic writings on Roman law compiled by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I in 530–533 AD.

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Domus

In ancient Rome, the domus (domūs, genitive: domūs or domī) was the type of town house occupied by the upper classes and some wealthy freedmen during the Republican and Imperial eras.

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Emperor of China

Throughout Chinese history, "Emperor" was the superlative title held by the monarchs who ruled various imperial dynasties or Chinese empires.

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Esau

Esau is the elder son of Isaac in the Hebrew Bible.

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Eurycleia of Ithaca

In Greek mythology, Eurycleia (Ancient Greek: Εὐρύκλεια Eurýkleia), or Euryclea (also known as Antiphata (Ἀντιφάτη Antipháte) in other traditions), is the daughter of Ops and granddaughter of Peisenor, as well as the wet-nurse of Odysseus. Wet nurse and Eurycleia of Ithaca are wet nurses.

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Foster care

Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home (residential child care community, treatment center, etc.), or private home of a state-certified caregiver, referred to as a "foster parent", or with a family member approved by the state.

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Founding of Rome

The founding of Rome was a prehistoric event or process later greatly embellished by Roman historians and poets.

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Foundling hospital

A foundling hospital was originally an institution for the reception of foundlings, i.e., children who had been abandoned or exposed, and left for the public to find and save.

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Gabrielle Palmer

Gabrielle Palmer has been involved for over 40 years in international efforts to stop the unethical promotion of breastmilk substitutes globally and also to support appropriate infant feeding.

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Gao Wei

Gao Wei (高緯) (29 May 556 – November 577), often known in history as Houzhu of Northern Qi ((北)齊後主), courtesy name Rengang (仁綱), sometimes referred to by his later Northern Zhou-created title of Duke of Wen (溫國公), was the penultimate emperor of the Northern Qi dynasty of China.

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Geneviève Poitrine

Geneviève Poitrine, known as Madame Poitrine (– after 1783), was a wet nurse of the Dauphin of France, Louis Joseph, son of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette. Wet nurse and Geneviève Poitrine are wet nurses.

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George III

George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820.

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Greece in the Roman era

Greece in the Roman era (Greek: Έλλάς, Latin: Graecia) describes the Roman conquest of the territory of the modern nation-state of Greece as well as that of the Greek people and the areas they inhabited and ruled historically.

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Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.

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Hadith

Hadith (translit) or Athar (أثر) is a form of Islamic oral tradition containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the prophet Muhammad.

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Halima bint Abi Dhu'ayb

Halima bint Abi Dhu'ayb al-Sa'diyya (حليمة بنت أبي ذؤيب السعدية) was the foster-mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Wet nurse and Halima bint Abi Dhu'ayb are wet nurses.

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Hatshepsut

Hatshepsut (BC) was the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Thutmose II and the fifth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, ruling first as regent, then as queen regnant from until (Low Chronology).

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Hawaiian religion

Hawaiian religion refers to the indigenous religious beliefs and practices of native Hawaiians, also known as the kapu system.

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Hodierna of St Albans

Hodierna of St Albans (fl. 1150–1210) was the mother of Alexander Neckam and wet nurse of Richard I of England. Wet nurse and Hodierna of St Albans are wet nurses.

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Human milk bank

A human milk bank, breast milk bank or lactarium is a service that collects, screens, processes, pasteurizes, and dispenses by prescription human milk donated by nursing mothers who are not biologically related to the recipient infant. Wet nurse and human milk bank are breastfeeding.

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Human–animal breastfeeding

Human to animal breastfeeding has been practiced in some different cultures during various time periods. Wet nurse and Human–animal breastfeeding are breastfeeding.

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Infant formula

Infant formula, also called baby formula, simply formula (American English), baby milk or infant milk (British English), is an ultra-processed food designed and marketed for feeding to babies and infants under 12 months of age, usually prepared for bottle-feeding or cup-feeding from powder (mixed with water) or liquid (with or without additional water). Wet nurse and infant formula are breastfeeding.

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Infant mortality

Infant mortality is the death of an infant before the infant's first birthday.

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Jacob

Jacob (Yaʿqūb; Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, and Islam.

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Kinship

In anthropology, kinship is the web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of all humans in all societies, although its exact meanings even within this discipline are often debated.

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KV60

Tomb KV60 is an ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt.

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Lactation

Lactation describes the secretion of milk from the mammary glands and the period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young. Wet nurse and Lactation are breastfeeding.

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Lady Kasuga

was a Japanese noble lady and politician from a prominent Japanese samurai family of the Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo periods. Wet nurse and lady Kasuga are wet nurses.

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Lady-in-waiting

A lady-in-waiting (alternatively written lady in waiting) or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman. Wet nurse and lady-in-waiting are Gendered occupations.

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Lamarckism

Lamarckism, also known as Lamarckian inheritance or neo-Lamarckism, is the notion that an organism can pass on to its offspring physical characteristics that the parent organism acquired through use or disuse during its lifetime.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Legitimacy (family law)

Legitimacy, in traditional Western common law, is the status of a child born to parents who are legally married to each other, and of a child conceived before the parents obtain a legal divorce.

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List of Roman birth and childhood deities

In ancient Roman religion, birth and childhood deities were thought to care for every aspect of conception, pregnancy, childbirth, and child development.

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Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France

Louis Joseph Xavier François (22 October 1781 – 4 June 1789) was Dauphin of France as the second child and first son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

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Louis XIV

LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715.

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Louis XVI

Louis XVI (Louis Auguste;; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.

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Lu Lingxuan

Lu Lingxuan (陸令萱) (died January 577) was a lady in waiting in the palace of the Chinese Northern Qi dynasty. Wet nurse and lu Lingxuan are wet nurses.

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Maham Anga

Maham Anga (died 1562) was the foster mother and chief wet nurse of the Mughal emperor Akbar. Wet nurse and Maham Anga are wet nurses.

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Maia (nurse)

Maia was the wet nurse of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun in the 14th century BC. Wet nurse and Maia (nurse) are wet nurses.

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Mammy stereotype

A mammy is a U.S. historical stereotype depicting black women, usually enslaved, who did domestic work, including nursing children.

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Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette (Maria Antoina Josefa Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen consort of France prior to the French Revolution as the wife of King Louis XVI.

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Mary Kawena Pukui

Mary Abigail Kawenaulaokalaniahiiakaikapoliopele Naleilehuaapele Wiggin Pukui (20 April 1895 – 21 May 1986), known as Kawena, was a Hawaiian scholar, author, composer, hula expert, and educator.

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Maternal death

Maternal death or maternal mortality is defined in slightly different ways by several different health organizations.

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Midrash

Midrash (. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. מִדְרָשׁ; מִדְרָשִׁים or midrashot) is expansive Jewish Biblical exegesis using a rabbinic mode of interpretation prominent in the Talmud.

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Milk kinship

Milk kinship, formed during nursing by a non-biological mother, was a form of fostering allegiance with fellow community members.

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Monthly nurse

A monthly nurse is a woman who looks after a mother and her baby during the postpartum or postnatal period. Wet nurse and monthly nurse are Gendered occupations.

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Moses

Moses; Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ); Mūše; Mūsā; Mōÿsēs was a Hebrew prophet, teacher and leader, according to Abrahamic tradition.

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Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management

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Mrs. Pack

Mrs. Wet nurse and Mrs. Pack are wet nurses.

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Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia.

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Muhammad

Muhammad (570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.

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Myaukhpet Shinma

Myaukhpet Shinma (မြောက်ဘက်ရှင်မ) of the 37 nats in the Burmese pantheon of nats. Wet nurse and Myaukhpet Shinma are wet nurses.

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Mythical creatures in Burmese folklore

A wide variety of mythical creatures are found in Burmese mythology.

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Nanny

A nanny is a person who provides child care. Wet nurse and nanny are child care occupations and Gendered occupations.

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Nat (deity)

The nats (နတ်; MLCTS: nat) are god-like spirits venerated in Myanmar and neighbouring countries in conjunction with Buddhism.

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Necropolis

A necropolis (necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments.

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Nobility

Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy.

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Nuakea (deity)

In Hawaiian mythology, Nuakea is a beneficent goddess of milk and lactation.

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Nurse empress dowager

Nurse empress dowager was an honorific title given to emperors' wet nurses of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Wei dynasty.

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Nursemaid

A nursemaid (or nursery maid) is a mostly historical term for a female domestic worker who cares for children within a large household. Wet nurse and nursemaid are child care occupations and Gendered occupations.

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Odysseus

In Greek and Roman mythology, Odysseus (Odyseús), also known by the Latin variant Ulysses (Ulixes), is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey.

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Ovulation

Ovulation is the release of eggs from the ovaries.

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Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house.

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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 91

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 91 (P. Oxy. 91) is a receipt for wages for wet nursing, written in Greek.

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Petronella Muns

Petronella Muns (21 January 1794, The Hague – 13 May 1842, The Hague) was one of the first Western women to set foot in Japan. Wet nurse and Petronella Muns are wet nurses.

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Pharaoh's daughter (Exodus)

The Pharaoh's daughter (lit) in the story of the finding of Moses in the biblical Book of Exodus is an important, albeit minor, figure in Abrahamic religions.

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Poor relief

In English and British history, poor relief refers to government and ecclesiastical action to relieve poverty.

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Postpartum confinement

Postpartum confinement is a traditional practice following childbirth. Wet nurse and Postpartum confinement are breastfeeding.

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Prince William, Duke of Gloucester

Prince William, Duke of Gloucester (William Henry; 24 July 1689 – 30 July 1700), was the son of Princess Anne (later Queen of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1702) and her husband, Prince George of Denmark.

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Prolactin

Prolactin (PRL), also known as lactotropin and mammotropin, is a protein best known for its role in enabling mammals to produce milk. Wet nurse and Prolactin are breastfeeding.

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Prophets and messengers in Islam

Prophets in Islam (translit) are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God's message on Earth and serve as models of ideal human behaviour.

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Puyi

Puyi (7 February 190617 October 1967) was the last emperor of China, reigning as the eleventh and final monarch of the Qing dynasty.

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Quran

The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God (Allah).

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Rebecca

Rebecca appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. Rebecca's brother was Laban the Aramean, and she was the granddaughter of Milcah and Nahor, the brother of Abraham.

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Reflex

In biology, a reflex, or reflex action, is an involuntary, unplanned sequence or action and nearly instantaneous response to a stimulus.

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Remuneration

Remuneration is the pay or other financial compensation provided in exchange for an employee's services performed (not to be confused with giving (away), or donating, or the act of providing to).

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Richard I of England

Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion (Norman French: Quor de Lion) or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199.

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Roman Charity

Roman Charity (Caritas Romana; Carità Romana) or Cimon and Pero is an ancient Greek and Roman exemplary story (exemplum) of filial piety (pietas) in which a woman secretly breastfeeds her father or mother, incarcerated and supposedly sentenced to death by starvation. Wet nurse and Roman Charity are breastfeeding.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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Roman law

Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables, to the (AD 529) ordered by Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I. Roman law forms the basic framework for civil law, the most widely used legal system today, and the terms are sometimes used synonymously.

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Roman mythology

Roman mythology is the body of myths of ancient Rome as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans, and is a form of Roman folklore.

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Romulus and Remus

In Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus are twin brothers whose story tells of the events that led to the founding of the city of Rome and the Roman Kingdom by Romulus, following his fratricide of Remus.

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Rumina

In ancient Roman religion, Rumina, Rumilia or Rumia, also known as Diva Rumina, was a goddess who protected breastfeeding mothers, and possibly nursing infants. Wet nurse and Rumina are breastfeeding.

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Salma Hayek

Salma Valgarma Hayek Pinault (born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican, American and French actress and film producer.

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Selling Mother's Milk

Selling Mother's Milk: The Wet-Nursing Business in France, 1715–1914 is a 1982 book by George D. Sussman that is about the history of wet nurses in France.

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Shah Jahan

Mirza Shahab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram (5 January 1592 – 22 January 1666), also known as Shah Jahan I, was the fifth Mughal emperor, reigning from 1628 until 1658.

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She-wolf (Roman mythology)

In the Roman foundation myth, the she-wolf (lupa in Italian) was an Italian wolf who nursed and sheltered the twins Romulus and Remus after they were abandoned in the wild by decree of King Amulius of Alba Longa.

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Shin Myo Myat

Shin Myo Myat (ရှင်မျိုးမြတ်,; c. 1490s – c. 1520s) was the mother of King Bayinnaung of Toungoo Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar), and the wet nurse of King Tabinshwehti. Wet nurse and Shin Myo Myat are wet nurses.

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Sinecure

A sinecure (or; from the Latin sine, 'without', and cura, 'care') is an office, carrying a salary or otherwise generating income, that requires or involves little or no responsibility, labour, or active service.

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Sitre In

The ancient Egyptian noble Sitre In (or Sitra In, or Sit-re known as In or Inet, or simply Sitre) was buried in the Valley of the Kings, in tomb KV60. Wet nurse and Sitre In are wet nurses.

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Slavery in ancient Rome

Slavery in ancient Rome played an important role in society and the economy.

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Slovenes

The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians (Slovenci), are a South Slavic ethnic group native to Slovenia, and adjacent regions in Italy, Austria and Hungary.

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Social class in ancient Rome was hierarchical, with multiple and overlapping social hierarchies.

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Social stigma is the disapproval of, or discrimination against, an individual or group based on perceived characteristics that serve to distinguish them from other members of a society.

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Soranus of Ephesus

Soranus of Ephesus (Σωρανός ὁ Ἑφέσιος; 1st/2nd century AD) was a Greek physician.

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Suzanne Dixon

Suzanne Dixon (born 1946) is an Australian classical scholar, widely recognised as an authority on women's history and particularly marriage and motherhood.

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Tabinshwehti

Tabinshwehti (တပင်‌ရွှေထီး,; 16 April 1516 – 30 April 1550) was king of Burma (Myanmar) from 1530 to 1550, and the founder of the First Toungoo Empire.

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The Age

The Age is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854.

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The News (Adelaide)

The News was an afternoon daily tabloid newspaper in the city of Adelaide, South Australia, that had its origins in 1869, and ceased circulation in 1992.

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Tokugawa clan

The Tokugawa clan (Shinjitai: 徳川氏, Kyūjitai: 德川氏, Tokugawa-shi or Tokugawa-uji) is a Japanese dynasty which produced the Tokugawa shoguns who ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868 during the Edo period.

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Tokugawa Iemitsu

Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川家光, August 12, 1604 – June 8, 1651) was the third shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty.

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Tokugawa shogunate

The Tokugawa shogunate (Tokugawa bakufu), also known as the, was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.

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Toungoo dynasty

The Toungoo dynasty (တောင်ငူမင်းဆက်,; also spelt Taungoo dynasty), and also known as the Restored Toungoo dynasty, was the ruling dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from the mid-16th century to 1752.

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Trieste

Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy.

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria.

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Tutankhamun

Tutankhamun or Tutankhamen, was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who ruled during the late Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. Born Tutankhaten, he was likely a son of Akhenaten, thought to be the KV55 mummy. His mother was identified through DNA testing as The Younger Lady buried in KV35; she was a full sister of her husband.

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UNICEF

UNICEF, originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, officially United Nations Children's Fund since 1953, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.

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Valley of the Kings

The Valley of the Kings (وادى الملوك), also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings (label), is an area in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the Eighteenth Dynasty to the Twentieth Dynasty, rock-cut tombs were excavated for pharaohs and powerful nobles under the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_nurse

Also known as Milk mother, Milk nurse, Nutrix, Wet nurses, Wet nursing, Wet-nurse, Wet-nursed, Wetnurse, Wetnursing.

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