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amah

noun
Quick answer

As a noun, amah means a woman employed to look after children.

Meanings of amah

3 meanings

noun

  1. IndiaA woman employed to look after children; (formerly) a wet nurse.

  2. SingaporemalaysiabruneiindonesiaA female domestic helper; a maid.

  3. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone elseperson

    Similar: wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

amah around the world

IndiaA woman employed to look after children; (formerly) a wet nurse.
SingaporeA female domestic helper; a maid.

Synonyms by meaning

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noun: a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
wet nursewet-nursewetnurse
noun: a female domestic
maidmaidservanthousemaid

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