mammy

== English == === Alternative forms === mammie === Etymology === From mam + -y. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -æmi === Noun === mammy (plural mammies) (childish) mamma; mother (US, historical, often derogatory) 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. 1979, Octavia Butler, Kindred: 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === == French == === Noun === mammy f (plural mammys) alternative spelling of mamie == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmam.mɘ/ Rhymes: -ammɘ Syllabification: mam‧my === Verb === mammy first-person plural imperative of mamić