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mammie

mammie is the alternative form of mammy.

Meaning of mammy

Noun

mammy (plural mammies)

  1. (childish) mamma; mother
  2. (US, derogatory, historical, often) 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.
    • 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

Forms of mammie

pluralmammies

Origin of mammie

From mam /mamma + -ie.

Questions about mammie

What is mammie the alternative form of?
Mammie is the alternative form of mammy.

Words near mammie in the dictionary

  1. mammets
  2. mammey
  3. mammeys
  4. Mammi market
  5. Mammi markets
  6. mammie
  7. mammie's boy
  8. mammie's boys
  9. mammies
  10. mammifer
  11. mammifera

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