mammy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -æmi
Noun[edit]
mammy (plural mammies)
- (childish) mamma; mother
- (US, historical, often pejorative) In the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after white children; or in the antebellum South, a female slave who was close to the household and looked after the children.
- 1979, Octavia Butler, Kindred:
- That's what you for—to help white folks keep niggers down. That's why he sent you to me. They be calling you mammy in a few years. You be running the whole house when the old man dies.
- 1979, Octavia Butler, Kindred:
Translations[edit]
child's name for mother
See also[edit]
probably etymologically unrelated terms
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
mammy f (plural mammys)
- Alternative spelling of mamie
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
mammy
Categories:
- English terms suffixed with -y
- Rhymes:English/æmi
- Rhymes:English/æmi/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English childish terms
- American English
- en:Female family members
- en:History of the United States
- en:Occupations
- en:People
- en:Slaves
- en:Stock characters
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ammɨ
- Rhymes:Polish/ammɨ/2 syllables
- Polish non-lemma forms
- Polish verb forms