noun

• A nursemaid or maid in East Asia or India.

  ‘She had been a perfect amah and servant since her employment there began only a few years before.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘These women have been called the first generation of feminists in modern China, and they worked as amahs in Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore.’
  • ‘I think of telling him that I would divorce the wife, send the kids to an orphanage, fire the amah, sell the apartment, and rent a flat in Sheung Wan.’
  • ‘Recent news reports have detailed abusive treatment of these amahs by some employers.’
  • ‘Often, they are negatively compared with a nostalgic image of the humble and loyal Chinese amah of the past.’

  Synonyms

  attendant, retainer