amah
n.
maid; wet nurse, woman who suckles a child (title used in India and the Orient)
Amah
An amah ( ; ; ,
Portuguese: ama,
German: Amme,
Medieval Latin: amma ; or ayah
Hindi:āyā,
Portuguese:aia,
Latin:avia) is a
girl or
woman employed by a family to clean, look after children, etc. It is a
domestic servant role that combines functions of
maid and
nanny.This word is particularly common in
East Asia and
India (ayah, though, is a more common variant in India). Since the mid-1990s, it has become more
politically correct to call such a person a "helper" rather than a maid or ayah. In
Taiwan and
Northern China, ayah may even refer to any old lady in general.
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amah
Noun
1. a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
(synonym) wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse
(hypernym) nanny, nursemaid, nurse
2. a female domestic
(synonym) maid, maidservant, housemaid
(hypernym) domestic, domestic help, house servant
(hyponym) chambermaid, fille de chambre
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Synonyms and related words:
abigail, au pair girl, ayah, betweenmaid, biddy, chambermaid, chaperon, companion, cook, dry nurse, duenna, femme de chambre, fille de chambre, gentlewoman, girl, handmaid, handmaiden, hired girl, housemaid, kitchenmaid, lady-help, lady-in-waiting, live-in maid, live-out maid, maid, maidservant, mammy, nanny, nurse, nursemaid, nurserymaid, parlormaid, scullery maid, servant girl, servitress, sitter, soubrette, tweeny, upstairs maid, waiting maid, wench, wet nurse,
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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