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Amah Moderate

Amah has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else

2

a female domestic

3

In South Asia, a woman employed to look after children; (formerly) a wet nurse.

See Also
amma amahs wet nurse
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
nanny domestic
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
chambermaid handmaid lady's maid parlormaid
Rhyming Words
mah tumah ismah ummah almah bimah hikmah goomah okemah llamah fatimah terumah tekamah setumah muslimah al ummah togarmah multnomah khansamah ras al khaimah
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