mam·my (m m  )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.] |
mammy, mammie [ˈmæmɪ]
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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| Noun | 1. | mammy - an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S. |
| 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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