MAMMY


Meaning of MAMMY in English

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

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