amah
noun
a woman who is a servant or whose job is to look after her employer’s children in southern and eastern Asia
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noun
a woman who is a servant or whose job is to look after her employer’s children in southern and eastern Asia
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the most important male servant in a rich person’s house, whose job is to organize the other servants, to welcome guests, to pour wine at meals etc
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a boy or man who works as a servant in someone’s house. Many people now consider this word to be offensive.
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a male servant who cooks and often is also responsible for taking care of the house and organizing other servants
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a servant, especially one who has worked for someone from a high social class for a long time
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in the past, someone who lived and worked on land belonging to another person and who could not leave without that person’s permission
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a servant. This word is now used mainly for saying that someone is treated as if they were a servant
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