ayah

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Noun
  • In colonial days, many families had a lifelong helper known as an amah (after the Portuguese word for nurse).
    Time, Time, 23 Jan. 2018
Noun
  • Charlie had originally been adopted by a traveling nurse, but Mae had lost touch soon after.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Samaritan’s Purse began working in the region immediately after the fighting erupted, sending doctors, nurses and emergency aid.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Rebecca De Mornay played Peyton Flanders, the Bartel family’s calculating nanny.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • From thrillers with missing kids and an unhinged nanny to a movie about a nuclear attack, streaming services are doing their darndest to rattle your nerves.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Ayah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ayah. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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