amah

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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). Time, 23 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amah
Noun
  • Your next movie night will be complete with this ’90s psychological thriller starring a vengeful nanny attempting to destroy a former boss’s life.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Only Abi, the young nanny, can make the sickly girl smile.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Her mother, Caitlin MacLaren, is a nurse and South Miami resident.
    Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Helping patients means helping nurses After getting her undergraduate degree in nursing from the University of Cincinnati, Holt began working as a clinical nurse in the neuroscience unit at UC Health, then called University of Cincinnati Hospital.
    Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Second of all, these people here, everybody is like a nursemaid so to speak.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • James is one of them, though his kindly attempts to be there for Linda, as amateur repairman and reluctant babysitter, have a way of backfiring, usually on himself.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Another person said that OP is a babysitter, not a maid, and shouldn't be made to do the mom's chores.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Amah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amah. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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