"mammy" meaning in English

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      "word": "mammy market"
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          "ref": "1979, Octavia Butler, Kindred",
          "text": "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."
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          "sense": "child's name for mother",
          "word": "maman"
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          "sense": "child's name for mother",
          "word": "Mami"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "child's name for mother",
          "word": "Mama."
        },
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "child's name for mother",
          "word": "אמא"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "child's name for mother",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "mamãe"
        },
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          "sense": "child's name for mother",
          "word": "mamá"
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      "word": "maman"
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      "word": "Mami"
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      "sense": "child's name for mother",
      "word": "אמא"
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