amah

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a woman hired to suckle a child of someone elseSynonyms: wet nursewet-nursewetnurse
  2. a female domesticSynonyms: maidmaidservanthousemaid
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

amah \amah\ n.

1.a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.

Syn: wet nurse [WordNet 1.5]

2.a female domestic.

Syn: maid, maidservant, housemaid [WordNet 1.5]

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