Mammy

noun

Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.nounMamma; mother

2.noun(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.

Synonyms

momma mater mommy mum mama mom mummy mamma ma mam granny mother

Rhymes With

clammy hammy chamois sammy whammy gammy rammy shammy

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