Amah

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A housemaid, especially a wet nurse, in India and the Far East.
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  • n. A woman employed to look after children in India; a wet nurse.
  • n. A maid in China and other parts of Asia.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
  • n. a female domestic.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A nurse; especially, a wet-nurse.
  • n. A lady's-maid; a maid-servant.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
  • n. a female domestic
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    nurse    nanny    nursemaid   
    Cross Reference
    amma   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    wet nurse    maid    maidservant    housemaid   
     
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