nursing mother

noun

1. a mother who is breast-feeding her baby

2. a biblical name for foster mother

Example Sentences

A group of university researchers at Northwestern — including a nursing mother — have come up with a way to ease one of the most anxiety-producing dilemmas of early breastfeeding: How much milk is the baby consuming?

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My wife was nursing and they said, "It's not a problem unless you're a nursing mother," which my wife was.

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The entire speech felt like a continuation of the “politics of kindness” that had defined Ardern’s term: a nebulous concept that catapulted her into worldwide celebrity — this nursing mother, this millennial feminist — and that drew eyerolls from her critics.

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Government inspectors found beagles there were being killed instead of receiving care for easily treated conditions; nursing mother beagles were denied food; the food they received contained maggots, mold and feces; and over an eight-week period, 25 beagle puppies died from cold exposure, the Humane Society said in a statement.

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The shoreline where the seals live is roped off, and beachgoers are warned of the dangers of getting too close to the nursing mother.

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