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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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Your horse essentially gets a horsekeeper, a nanny, a bougie apartment, and an incredible professor—the trainers in Wellington are like Harvard [professors] in the world of academics.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
7 May 2026
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The Santa Monica Police Department arrested a nanny accused of physically abusing a baby.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
7 May 2026
Noun
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At Northeast Georgia Medical Center, the three women are nurses in connected roles, caring for mothers and newborns at different stages.—
Nancy Badertscher,
AJC.com,
6 May 2026
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The offer is available in-shop only, and nurses and teachers will need to show ID to redeem the offer.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
Noun
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The child is five, the youngest of a large, well-to-do family and the only daughter: doted upon by her mother and her nursemaid, exquisitely dressed in tiny silk dresses patterned after those worn by Queen Victoria’s children.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Anna has come East to meet her estranged father, the Swedish bargeman Chris (Brian d’Arcy James), who believes Anna’s been earning money as a nursemaid.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Remember those babysitters at the den?—
Big Think,
Big Think,
8 May 2026
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Family babysitter Cale Darrah told WBZ-TV that the tragedy was unexpected.—
Neal Riley,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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“Amah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amah. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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