mammy
noun/mæmi/
Frequency rank: #18,398 most common English word
Meaning
An informal or dialect word for mother, or a term historically used in the American South for a Black woman employed as a nurse or caregiver for white children.
Example sentence
The old song featured mammy singing a gentle lullaby to her child.
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