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noun
A woman employed to look after children; (formerly) a wet nurse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A female domestic helper; a maid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
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noun
a female domestic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: maid, maidservant, housemaid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: domestic, domestic help, house servant
Narrower terms: chambermaid, fille de chambre, handmaid, handmaiden, lady's maid, parlormaid, parlourmaid
noun
a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nanny, nursemaid, nurse
History
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.
