mammy
noun/ˈmæmi/
/ˈmæmi/
(plural mammies)
- (dialect, informal) mother
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- (old-fashioned, offensive, taboo, slang) an offensive word used in the past in the southern states of the US for a black woman who cared for a white family’s children
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from mam + -y; compare with mommy and mummy ‘mother’.
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