"mam" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Scots mam",
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      "expansion": "mamye (“wet nurse”)",
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  "etymology_text": "Alteration or clipping of mama. Compare Scots mam, Early Scots mame (“mother”), mamye (“wet nurse”), Saterland Frisian Määme (“mother”), West Frisian mem (“mother”).\nAlternatively, possibly either conserved from or influenced by earlier Brythonic language.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2021, Glenda Young, The Miner's Lass",
          "text": "She'd sit by the fire, arms crossed, demanding that Ruby spike her tea with a cinder. But Ruby would never give in to her demands, no matter how much her mam begged. There was no alcohol in the house now; Arthur had made sure of that in an effort to get Mary sober.",
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        "Mum, mom; diminutive of mother."
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          "Mum",
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          "mom",
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          "mother",
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        "(UK, Ireland, regional, informal, colloquial) Mum, mom; diminutive of mother."
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      "expansion": "Scots mam",
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