maman — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
maman is used for these senses in English:
- ma (colloquial) The landlady of a theater.
- mammy (US, historical, often pejorative) 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.
- mother A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).
- mum (Commonwealth, Ireland, informal) Mother.
- mummy (chiefly, UK, New England, usually, childish) mother.