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Amah

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Noun

1. amah, wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse

a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else

2. amah, housemaid, maid, maidservant

a female domestic

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Amah

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noun
(in the East, esp formerly) a nurse or maidservant, esp one of Chinese origin
Compare ayah

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Amah

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noun
in India, etc., a woman servant, esp. one who serves as a baby's nurse

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Amah

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n.
A housemaid or children's nurse, especially in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

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