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   Mam·my

   /ˈmamē/

   

   noun

   • 1. one's mother (especially as a child's word): "he was screaming for his mammy"
   • ▪ (formerly in the southern US) a black nursemaid or nanny in charge of white children.

   Word Origin early 16th century: from mam + -y2; compare with mommy and mummy2.

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   What does Mammy mean?

   • , plural mam·mies. Informal. mother 1. Disparaging and Offensive. (formerly in the southern United States) a Black woman engaged to take care of white children or as a servant to a white family. At the time of the Civil War and into the 20th century, the mammy was characterized as being strong, kind, and loyal.

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   Is Mammy a derogatory word?

   • There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun mammy, one of which is considered derogatory. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the noun mammy? How is the noun mammy pronounced? Where does the noun mammy come from? The earliest known use of the noun mammy is in the early 1500s.

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   What is a “mammy” woman?

   • In the stereotypical category of “Mammy”, the African American woman is characterized as maternal, nurturing, family-oriented, and a church lady who is completely self-sacrificing where her own needs (or the needs of her family) are concerned.

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   What is Mammy based on?

   • This project is based on of mammy have been the focus. The title of mammy arrives out of the American South along mammy in Birth of a Nation and Gone with the Wind. Mammy is a cultural text situated in American history. That is not to say that black women have not cared for white children around

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   What does Mammy mean in birth of a nation?

   • Mammy in Birth of a Nation is a fierce protector of her white master and loyal patriot to the Confederacy. Mammy in Gone with the Wind is good. By the time mammy is performed in drag, the meaning behind the performance has birthed. idol. As outlined mammy is used to maintain a social order, impersonated and embodied by both

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   When was Mammy first used?

   • The earliest known use of the noun mammy is in the early 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for mammy is from 1523, in the writing of John Skelton, poet. mammy is probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: mama n.1, mama n.1

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   Disparaging and Offensive. (formerly in the southern United States) a Black woman engaged to take care of white children or as a servant to a white family. mammy. / ˈmæmɪ /.

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   Definitions of mammy. noun. informal terms for a mother. synonyms: ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mum, mummy. see more. noun. an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S. see more.

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    mammy in American English. (ˈmæmi) noun Word forms: plural -mies. 1. informal mother 1. 2. (formerly) Southern U.S. a Black woman engaged as a nurse to White children or as a servant to a White family. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.