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amah

WordNet
  1. (n) amah
    a female domestic
  2. (n) amah
    a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) amah
    A nurse; especially, a wet-nurse.
  2. (n) amah
    A lady's-maid; a maid-servant.
Usage in literature

Amah means a nurse. "Story of My Life" by Helen Keller

We took the cook, the steward and three amahs, and it was indeed a time of feasting. "My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard" by Elizabeth Cooper

Their voices and the answers of the serving amah filled the kitchen with noise. "The Best Short Stories of 1919" by Various

Mrs. Graham's amah amused Sybil very much. "Peeps Into China" by E. C. Phillips

Amah, come and be introduced to the gentleman. "East of Suez" by William Somerset Maugham