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Recent Examples of amah
In colonial days, many families had a lifelong helper known as an amah (after the Portuguese word for nurse).
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Time, 23 Jan. 2018
Time, 23 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amah
Noun
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Fox News pundits such as Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity portrayed Let’s Move as a nanny-state plot to control the American diet, a slippery slope to the criminalization of french fries.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
1 Sep. 2025
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The nanny managed to escape and call authorities.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Abby quietly married Josh, an army veteran and nurse, in 2021, though news of their nuptials didn’t break until 2024.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Yet, bizarrely, the TV show undercuts this angle by inventing a serial killer nurse from whole cloth, a move that shifts the blame away from systemic forces and toward a motiveless scoundrel.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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By the time Sam was born—in Florida, Missouri—the family’s enslaved property had dwindled to a single nursemaid, Jennie.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Second of all, these people here, everybody is like a nursemaid so to speak.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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And don’t count out Stavros Halkias in a Paul Walter Hauser-type performance as Teddy’s childhood babysitter who’s now the town cop.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
28 Aug. 2025
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In an almost identical situation, Raya was helped by not having a defender — or, in Keane’s words, ‘a babysitter’ — wrestling with De Ligt.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Amah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amah. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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