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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 71 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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AYAH , a See also:

SPANISH

Spanish word (aya) for See also:

CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children's See also:

NURSE (a shortened form of the earlier " nourice," adapted through the French from Lat. nutrix, nu/rite, to nourish)

nurse or maid, introduced by the Portuguese into See also:

India and adopted by the See also:

ENGLISH

English to denote their native nurses .

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