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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy]
2: a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped

Merriam Webster's

also mamma or momma noun Etymology: baby talk Date: 1579 1. mother 2. slang wife, woman

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. colloq. (esp. as a child's term) = MAMMA.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mamma Mam*ma", n. [Reduplicated from the infantine word ma, influenced in spelling by L. mamma.] Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity. [Written also mama.] Tell tales papa and mamma. --Swift.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mama Ma*ma", n. See Mamma.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(mamas) Mama means the same as mother. (BRIT OLD-FASHIONED) N-FAMILY

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n.; (also mamma) [Childish term.] Mother.

Moby Thesaurus

dam, foster mother, genetrix, ma, mam, mammy, mater, materfamilias, maternal ancestor, matriarch, mom, mommy, mother, mummy, old lady, old woman, stepmother, the old woman