amah
Meanings
Plural: amahs
Noun
- a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
- a female domestic
- A woman employed to look after children; (formerly) a wet nurse.
- A female domestic helper; a maid.
Origin / Etymology
From Portuguese ama (“female nurse”), from Medieval Latin amma (“wet nurse, amma”), perhaps an alteration of Latin mamma, of imitative origin, or from Ancient Greek.
Synonyms
housemaid, maid, maidservant, wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse
Scrabble Score: 9
amah is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordamah is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
amah is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
amah is a valid Words With Friends word