"sugar mama" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sugar mamas [plural]
Etymology: From slang sugar (“money”) and colloquial mama (“mother”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|sugar||money}} sugar (“money”), {{m|en|mama||mother}} mama (“mother”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sugar mama (plural sugar mamas)
  1. (informal) An older woman who spends money on a younger person, usually for romantic or sexual reasons. Tags: informal Synonyms: sugar mamma, sugar momma [US], sugar mummy [UK], sugar mommy, sugar momma Hypernyms: sugar parent Coordinate_terms: sugar daddy, cougar, MILF Translations (Older woman who spends money on a younger person for romantic or sexual purposes.): vroetelmammie [feminine] (Afrikaans), 乾媽 (Chinese Mandarin), 干妈 (gānmā) (Chinese Mandarin), maman-gâteau [feminine] (French), Sugar Mama [feminine] (German), シュガーママ (shugāmama) (Japanese), ママ活 (english: mama katsu) (Japanese), យាយចិញ្ចឹម (yiəyceñcəm) (Khmer), យាយ (yiəy) (Khmer), sugarmama [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sponsorka [feminine] (Polish), patroa [feminine] (Portuguese), asaltacunas [Mexico, feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sugar_mama-en-noun-cjBmi9yM Categories (other): Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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      "sense": "Older woman who spends money on a younger person for romantic or sexual purposes.",
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