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Amah

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maidnounA female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
wet nursenounA woman hired to suckle another woman's child.
maidservantnounA female servant; a maid.
housemaidnounA female domestic worker responsible for cleaning a house.

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housemaidnounA female domestic worker responsible for cleaning a house.
wet nursenounA woman hired to suckle another woman's child.
maidservantnounA female servant; a maid.
maidnounA female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
nananoun(term of endearment) One's grandmother.
grandmanoun(informal) Grandmother.
nursemaidnounA woman or girl employed to care for children.
ammanoun(India) mother
wet-nursenounAlternative spelling of wet nurse. [A woman hired to suckle another woman's child.]
nursenounA person involved in providing direct care for the sick:
nannynounA child's nurse.
milk-mothernounWet nurse (especially in an Islamic context, or the literal translation of the Chinese term 奶媽).
nurserymaidnounnursemaid
wetnursenounAlternative spelling of wet nurse. [A woman hired to suckle another woman's child.]
milk mothernounAlternative form of milk-mother. [Wet nurse (especially in an Islamic context, or the literal translation of the Chinese term 奶媽).]
matynoun(archaic) A native house servant in India.
nursegirlnounA young woman who help to take care of the sick or infirm.
housemothernounA woman in charge of a residence for young people to look after them.
baby-mindernounA childminder or babysitter.
governessnounA woman paid to educate children in their own home.

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