amah

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
amah
    n 1: a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else [syn: {wet
         nurse}, {wet-nurse}, {wetnurse}, {amah}]
    2: a female domestic [syn: {maid}, {maidservant}, {housemaid},
       {amah}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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