amah
a baby's nurse, especially a wet nurse.
a female servant; maid.
Origin of amah
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How to use amah in a sentence
Women take their children and their amahs everywhere in ChinaI mean wherever they go and provided they want to; it is the custom.
Letters from China and Japan | John DeweyThere in the morning the cook-rice amahs found the onyx stones that had been their eyes.
The Best Short Stories of 1919 | VariousBesides this there were two amahs (old women servants) and four servant girls all carrying something.
Two Years in the Forbidden City | The Princess Der LingThis time I saw the servant girls, amahs, and also eunuchs carrying boxes, walking on both sides of the shore.
Two Years in the Forbidden City | The Princess Der LingThere were several open boats full of eunuchs, and another one of servant girls, amahs and the rest with Her Majesty's luncheon.
Two Years in the Forbidden City | The Princess Der Ling
British Dictionary definitions for amah
/ (ˈɑːmə, ˈæmə) /
(in the East, esp formerly) a nurse or maidservant, esp one of Chinese origin: Compare ayah
Origin of amah
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