amah

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amah in WordNet English dictionary

noun

a female domestic
maid maidservant housemaid amah
a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
wet nurse wet-nurse wetnurse amah

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amah in English Wiktionary

(noun) ("In India etc") A woman employed to look after children
(noun) ("in China etc") A wet nurse; a maid

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