Associations to the word «Mammy»

Wiktionary

MAMMY, noun. (childish) mamma; mother
MAMMY, noun. (US) (historical) In the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after white children.
MAMMY MARKET, noun. (chiefly in Nigeria) a market attached to a barracks where products for soldiers are sold.
MAMMY MARKETS, noun. Plural of mammy market

Dictionary definition

MAMMY, noun. An offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S..
MAMMY, noun. Informal terms for a mother.

Wise words

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery