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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MAMM`A, n. [L. mamma, the breast or pap, and mother.]
A familiar word for mother,used by young children.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy]
2: milk-secreting organ of female mammals [syn: mammary gland, mamma]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural mammae) Etymology: Latin, mother, breast, of baby-talk origin Date: circa 1693 a mammary gland and its accessory parts

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. (also momma) colloq. (esp. as a child's term) mother. Etymology: imit. of child's ma, ma 2. n. (pl. mammae) 1 a milk-secreting organ of female mammals. 2 a corresponding non-secretory structure in male mammals. Derivatives: mammiform adj. Etymology: OE f. L

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

Mamma Mam"ma, n.; pl. Mamm[ae]. [L. mamma breast.] (Anat.) A glandular organ for secreting milk, characteristic of all mammals, but usually rudimentary in the male; a mammary gland; a breast; under; bag.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also mama(mammas) Mamma means the same as mother. (AM INFORMAL) = mommy N-FAMILY

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. [L. pl. Mammoe.] Breast, teat, dug, udder. II. n. See mama