mammy

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. mamma; mother childish
  2. 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. US,derogatory,historical,often
    — 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.

词形变化

mammies plural mammie alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
grandmammy Mammygate

词源

Etymology tree
English mam
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English mammy
From mam + -y.
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