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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
amah
    n 1: a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else [syn: wet
         nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse, amah]
    2: a female domestic [syn: maid, maidservant, housemaid,
       amah]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
amah \amah\ n.
   1. a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.

   Syn: wet nurse
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. a female domestic.

   Syn: maid, maidservant, housemaid
        [WordNet 1.5]

Thesaurus Results for amah:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abigail, au pair girl, ayah, betweenmaid, biddy, chambermaid, chaperon, companion, cook, dry nurse, duenna, femme de chambre, fille de chambre, gentlewoman, girl, handmaid, handmaiden, hired girl, housemaid, kitchenmaid, lady-help, lady-in-waiting, live-in maid, live-out maid, maid, maidservant, mammy, nanny, nurse, nursemaid, nurserymaid, parlormaid, scullery maid, servant girl, servitress, sitter, soubrette, tweeny, upstairs maid, waiting maid, wench, wet nurse
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