mammies

[mam-ee]

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noun, plural -mies.

Informal. mother¹.

(formerly in the southern U.S.) a black woman engaged as a nurse to white children or as a servant to a white family.

Origin:
1515–25; mamm(a)¹ + -y²

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mammy

"black woman having the care of white children," 1837, Southern U.S. dialect, variant of mamma.

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