MAMMY


Meaning of MAMMY in English

/mam"ee/ , n. , pl. mammies .

1. Informal. mother 1 .

2. (formerly in the southern U.S.) a black woman engaged as a nurse to white children or as a servant to a white family.

[ 1515-25; MAMM(A) 1 + -Y 2 ]

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