Metanira

or Met·a·nei·ra

[ met-uh-nahy-ruh ]

/ ˌmɛt əˈnaɪ rə /

noun Classical Mythology.

queen of Eleusis, who took Demeter in to nurse her child.

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Examples from the Web for metanira

Detected one night by Metanira, she was compelled to reveal herself as Demeter, the goddess.
The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites|Dudley Wright
But Queen Metanira, as was very natural, had a great curiosity to know precisely what the nurse did to her child.
Tanglewood Tales|Nathaniel Hawthorne