amah meaning

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amah (noun): a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.

amah has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

amah as a noun

  1. a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else

    Synonyms: wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse

    Type of: nanny

  2. a female domestic

    Synonyms: maid, maidservant, housemaid

    Type of: domestic

    Kinds: chambermaid, handmaid, lady's maid, parlormaid

Scrabble score: 9 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AM · words ending in AH · 4-letter words

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