/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 ]
/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 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012