Mammy

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
mum
plural
Mammies
possessive
Mammy's
pluralpossessive
Mammies'