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Definition of mammy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mammy

noun
 
/ˈmæmi/
 
/ˈmæmi/
(plural mammies)
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  1. (dialect, informal) mother
  2. (old-fashioned, offensive, taboo, slang) an offensive word used in the past in the southern states of the US for a black woman who cared for a white family’s children
    3. Word Originearly 16th cent.: from mam + -y; compare with mommy and mummy ‘mother’.
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