mammy

mam·my (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. 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)

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continuity female parent Ma mama mamma mammy wagon MOM momma mommy mother mum mummy nanny nurse nursemaid	He hasn't any faults much, and is charming and sweet, like Buffalo Bill, and Thunder-Bird, and Mammy Dorcas, and Soldier Boy, and Shekels, and Potter, and Sour-Mash, and - well, they're ALL that, just angels, as you may say. A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context Yes, my youngster; so that in that country you'd be toddling after your mammy yet, and that old chap yonder, who looks about fifty, would only be a little shaver of four and a half. Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context So I interviewed my Mammy Jennie, my old nurse at whose black breast I had suckled. John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context	Mammilloid mammock Mammodis mammogram mammography Mammology Mammon Mammonish Mammonism Mammonist Mammonite Mammonization Mammonize mammoplasty Mammose mammoth Mammoth Cave National Park mammothermography mammothrept Mammut Mammut americanum Mammuthus Mammuthus columbi Mammuthus primigenius Mammutidae mammy mammy wagon mamo mamoncillo Mamoré mampara mampoer mamzer Man man about town man and wife Man ape Man at arms Man engine man Friday man hour man in the moon man in the street man jack man lock Man milliner man of action man of affairs man of deeds man of God man of letters	Mammoths Mammoths Mammotome mammotomy mammotomy mammotrope Mammotroph mammotrophic mammotropic mammotropin mammotropin mammotropin mammotrops Mammouth Cave Mammouth Cave Mammut Mammut Mammut americanum Mammut americanum Mammut International Mountain Marathon Mammuthus Mammuthus Mammuthus Mammuthus columbi Mammuthus imperator Mammuthus primigenius Mammuthus primigenius Mammutidae Mammutidae Mammutinae mammy mammy wagon Mammy yokum Mammy's Boy mamo mamo Mamogram Mamogram Mamogram mamoncillo Mamonovo Mamont Dalskii Mamont Victorovich Dalskii Mamontov Efim Mefodevich Mamontov's Raid of 1919 Mamontov, Iakov Mamontov, Iakov Andreevich Mamontov, Konstantin Mamontov, Konstantin Konstantinovich Mamontov, Savvaivanovich Mamoond Mamore Mamore Mamoré Mamoré Mamore River Mamoré River Mamoré River Mamoth Mamoth Mamoth

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female parent
Ma
mama
mamma
mammy wagon
MOM
momma
mommy
mother
mum
mummy
nanny
nurse
nursemaid

He hasn't any faults much, and is charming and sweet, like Buffalo Bill, and Thunder-Bird, and Mammy Dorcas, and Soldier Boy, and Shekels, and Potter, and Sour-Mash, and - well, they're ALL that, just angels, as you may say.

A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context

Yes, my youngster; so that in that country you'd be toddling after your mammy yet, and that old chap yonder, who looks about fifty, would only be a little shaver of four and a half.

Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context

So I interviewed my Mammy Jennie, my old nurse at whose black breast I had suckled.

John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context

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