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a·mah
also a·ma (ä′mə, ä′mä)n.
A housemaid or children's nurse, especially in East Asia and Southeast Asia.
[Portuguese ama, nurse, from Medieval Latin amma, mother.]
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amah
(ˈɑːmə; ˈæmə)n
(in the East, esp formerly) a nurse or maidservant, esp one of Chinese origin. Compare ayah
[C19: from Portuguese ama nurse, wet nurse]
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a•mah
(ˈɑ mə, ˈæm ə)n.
(in the Far East) a female servant, esp. a nursemaid.
[1830–40; < Portuguese ama wet nurse < Medieval Latin amma]
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| Noun | 1. |  amah - a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else |
| 2. |  amah - a female domestic chambermaid, fille de chambre - a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels) domestic, domestic help, house servant - a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household handmaid, handmaiden - a personal maid or female attendant lady's maid - a maid who is a lady's personal attendant parlormaid, parlourmaid - a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door |
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