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‖ amah|ˈɑːmə| [Anglo-Indian a. Pg. ama nurse.] A name given in the south of India, and elsewhere in the East, to a wet-nurse.
1839Lett. fr. Madras 294 House-keeper-like bodies, who talk only of ayahs and amahs. 1857Tomes Americ. in Japan viii. 179 Either maid-servants or women of Macao called Amahs or Ayahs were employed. |