ˈmamē, -mi noun
( -es )
Etymology: alteration of mamma (I)
1. : mamma
2.
a. : a Negro woman serving as a nurse to white children especially formerly in the Southern states
in the Richmond of the 1880's a mammy still ruled over every household in which there were children — J.B.Cabell
b. : a Negro woman — often taken to be offensive