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amah definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else [syn: wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse, amah]
2: a female domestic [syn: maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Portuguese ama wet nurse, from Medieval Latin amma Date: 1839 a female servant in eastern Asia; especially a Chinese nurse

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (in the Far East and India) a nursemaid or maid. Etymology: Port. ama nurse

Moby Thesaurus

abigail, au pair girl, ayah, betweenmaid, biddy, chambermaid, chaperon, companion, cook, dry nurse, duenna, femme de chambre, fille de chambre, gentlewoman, girl, handmaid, handmaiden, hired girl, housemaid, kitchenmaid, lady-help, lady-in-waiting, live-in maid, live-out maid, maid, maidservant, mammy, nanny, nurse, nursemaid, nurserymaid, parlormaid, scullery maid, servant girl, servitress, sitter, soubrette, tweeny, upstairs maid, waiting maid, wench, wet nurse