Search Result for "amah":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
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]
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]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
