mammy
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mam·my
(măm′ē)n. pl. mam·mies
1. Mother.
2. Offensive A black nursemaid, especially one formerly in the southern United States.
[From dialectal mam, variant of mama.]
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mammy
(ˈmæmɪ) ormammie
n, pl -mies
1. a child's word for mother1
2. chiefly Southern US a Black woman employed as a nurse or servant to a White family
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mam•my
(ˈmæm i)n., pl. -mies.
1. Informal. mother 1.
2. (formerly in the southern U.S.) a black woman engaged as a nurse to white children.
[1515–25]
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| Noun | 1. | mammy - an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S. depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something |
| 2. |  mammy - informal terms for a mother female parent, mother - a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children" |
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mammy
n (inf) → Mami f (inf); (dated US) → (schwarze) Kinderfrau, schwarze Mami (inf)
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