Amah

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  amah \amah\ n.
     1. a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
  
     Syn: wet nurse
          [WordNet 1.5]
  


     2. a female domestic.
  
     Syn: maid, maidservant, housemaid
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  amah
       n 1: a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else [syn: {wet
            nurse}, {wet-nurse}, {wetnurse}]
       2: a female domestic [syn: {maid}, {maidservant}, {housemaid}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "amah":
     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