mama
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mama /ˈmamə, məˈmɑː/ (also mamma)
▶noun
- 1 dated or N. Amer. one's mother.
- 2 US informal a mature woman: the ultimate tough blues mama.
– origin C16: imitative of a child's first syllables ma, ma.
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