1. A female domestic
   "The amah tidied the rooms each morning";
   - maid, maidservant, housemaid
    
2. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
   "The wealthy family employed an amah for their newborn";
   - wet nurse [archaic], wet-nurse, wetnurse

Derived forms: amahs

Type of: adult female, domestic, domestic help, house servant, nanny, nurse, nursemaid [archaic], woman

Encyclopedia: Amah