mammy
Meaning
- (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.
Synonyms
Translations
maman
mam
mamá
mammina
mamãe
mama
Mami
أُمّFrequency
Etymology
From mam + -y.
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