mammy

mam·my  (mm)

n. pl. mam·mies

1. Mother.

2. Offensive A Black nursemaid, especially one formerly in the southern United States.

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[From dialectal mam, variant of mama.]

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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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mammy - an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S. derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something nanny, nursemaid, nurse - a woman who is the custodian of children
	2.	mammy - informal terms for a mother           ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mummy, mum 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"

Translations

mammy [ˈmæmɪ] N

1. → mami f, mamaíta f, mamacita f (LAm)

2. (US) (= black nurse) → nodriza f negra

mammy

n (inf) → Mami f (inf); (dated US) → (schwarze) Kinderfrau, schwarze Mami (inf)