mammies

plural of mammy
as in mothers
a female human parent the toddler clung to her mammy and eyed the strangers fearfully

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Recent Examples of mammies These include typecasting Black women as jezebels, sapphires and mammies; these depictions, combined with the law enforcement they may be exposed to, increase their vulnerability under the law. Kerry Lester Kasper, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • These include the New York City Bridge Project, which provided unconditional cash support to low-income mothers, and the Chicago Resilient Communities Pilot, which gave 5,000 households a monthly stipend of $500 for 12 months.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • These small gains among older mothers were not enough, however, to offset the loss of births in the younger cohort, the report said.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Tramell Tillman made all moms proud Every tired mom dreams of her child publicly thanking her someday.
    Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In one paper, published in the peer reviewed American Journal of Public Health, researchers surveyed Flint moms eligible for Rx Kids, those in Flint before the program began and mothers in the surrounding region.
    Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Mammies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mammies. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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