1. [informal] A woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
   "the mammy of three children";
   - mother, female parent, ma [informal], mama [informal], mamma [informal], mom [N. Amer, informal], momma [N. Amer, informal], mommy [N. Amer, informal], mum [Brit, informal], mummy [informal], mumma [informal], mam [UK, informal], mater [UK, archaic, informal], supermom [informal]
    
2. [US, offensive, dialect] A Black nursemaid in the southern U.S
   "The historical novel depicted the complex relationship between the plantation owner's children and their mammy"

Derived forms: mammies

Type of: nanny, nurse, nursemaid [archaic], parent

Encyclopedia: Mammy