mammy
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English
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Noun
1.3.1
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English
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English
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Mammy
Wikipedia
Etymology
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mam
+
-y
Pronunciation
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Rhymes:
-æmi
Noun
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mammy
(
plural
mammies
)
(
childish
)
mamma
;
mother
(
US
,
historical, often pejorative
)
In the southern
United States
, a
black
nanny
employed to look after
white
children.
Translations
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child's name for mother
French:
maman
(fr)
German: Mami, Mama.
Hebrew:
אמא
(he)
Spanish:
mamá
(es)
, mami.
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English words suffixed with -y
English lemmas
English nouns
English countable nouns
English childish terms
American English
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