Meaning

2 senses

  1. (childish)Mamma; mother

    informal terms for a mother

  2. (US, derogatory, historical, often)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.

    Mami, Mama.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. How many eggs did mammy buy?

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  2. Mammy, you are an exploiter!

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Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
child's name for mother:

Origin

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

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Forms

plural: mammies

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedmammy marketmammy wagon
Derivedgrandmammy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mammaB2mammalmammothmanA1
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