maum
/mɔːm/(also maum') US informal and regional (chiefly southern )
noun
A title of respect prefixed to the first name of a black woman having care of white children.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Augustus Longstreet (1790–1870). Shortened from mauma.
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