Mammy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Mother.
  • n. Offensive A Black nursemaid, especially one formerly in the southern United States.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. mamma; mother
  • n. In the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after white children.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A child's name for mamma, mother.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Mother; mama: a childish word.
  • n. Hence In the southern United States, especially during the existence of slavery, a colored female nurse; a colored woman having the care of white children, who often continue to call her mammy after they are grown up.
  • n. Same as stone-lugger, 2.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.
  • n. informal terms for a mother
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    nurse    nanny    nursemaid    mother    female parent   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    daddy    grandpa    Wat    marse    aunty    mamma    grandma    moster    allus    momma