| NOUN | person | amah, wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse | a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else |
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| person | amah, maid, maidservant, housemaid | a female domestic |
| Meaning | A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else. | |
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| Synonyms | wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse | |
| Broader | nanny, nursemaid, nurse | A woman who is the custodian of children |
| Spanish | ama de leche, ama, aya, nodriza | |
| Catalan | dida, nodrissa | |
| Meaning | A female domestic. | |
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| Synonyms | maid, maidservant, housemaid | |
| Narrower | chambermaid, fille de chambre | A maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels) |
| handmaid, handmaiden | A personal maid or female attendant | |
| lady's maid | A maid who is a lady's personal attendant | |
| parlormaid, parlourmaid | A maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door | |
| Broader | domestic, domestic help, house servant | A servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household |
| Spanish | ama, asistenta, chacha, cholera, chopa, criada, doméstica, doncella doméstica, doncella, gata, moza, nacha, sirvienta | |
| Catalan | criada, minyona | |
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