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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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Karimloo, who more often plays serious types, brings a nice bit of comic undertones to the Pirate King, and Monsoon is an absolute hoot as the needy, conniving pirate nanny.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2025
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Imagine if Uncle Bob had a nanny cam embedded in that huge taxidermied leopard.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Doctors and nurses were wheeling his wife, 33-year-old Hailey Okula, to the intensive care unit shortly after giving birth to their son, Crew, by cesarean section at Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, California.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Expanding the number of doctors and nurses serving Illinois and the nation.—
Dick Durbin,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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The general practitioner murdered his wife, Isabella, and their nursemaid, Mary, before dismembering them and scattering their body parts in an attempt to thwart the investigation into their murders, according to the BBC.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
8 Dec. 2024
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“Amah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amah. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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