MAMMY

ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy

(noun) informal terms for a mother

mammy

(noun) an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mammy (plural mammies)

(childish) mamma; mother

(US, historical, often pejorative) In the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after white children; or in the antebellum South, a female slave who was close to the household and looked after the children.

Source: Wiktionary


Mam"my, n.; pl. Mammies (.

Definition: A child's name for mamma, mother.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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