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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | housemaid, maid, maidservant |
| Type of | domestic, house servant, domestic help |
| Has types | handmaiden, lady's maid, parlourmaid, fille de chambre, handmaid, parlormaid, chambermaid |
Examples of amah
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Even with an amah and housekeeper she can't keep up with her responsibilities.
From the washingtonpost.com
When it arrived the next day, MacArthur, his wife and son, the amah, and General Sutherland boarded.
From the denverpost.com
And not hiring an amah is simply no longer an option.
From the economist.com
These devices brought me into contact with the second most important woman in my life, namely Ch'u Sao-tzu the amah.
From the theatlantic.com
A Filipina amah named Esperanza kept her company.
From the denverpost.com
One day, Johnny's amah rushed into the house to say that a huge snake was eating the pigeons the family kept in a cage outside.
From the guardian.co.uk
As Benjamin, the family chauffeur, nosed the car through the frightened civilians who filled the road, he and Sascha's amah talked furiously in Tagalog.
From the denverpost.com
- Wet nurse: a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
- Maid: a female domestic
- Amah is a term for mother in several contexts.
- An amah or ayah (, German: Amme, Medieval Latin: amma; or ayah Hindi: u0101yu0101 or amma, Portuguese: aia, Latin: avia, Tagalog: yaya) is a girl or woman employed by a family to clean, look after children, and perform other domestic tasks.
- A woman employed to look after children; A wet nurse; a maid
- South East Asia and China Chinese maidservant or nurse. Originally from Portugese.
