See Also: secundogeniture(dictionary)

momma (iou) and secundogeniture (iou)


momma (iou)



momma noun. E19.
[Alt. of MAMMA noun2. Cf. MOM, MOMMY.]
In the southern US, esp. before the abolition of slavery, a black woman having the care of white children. Cf. MAMMY noun1 2. E19.
Mother (= MAMMA noun2 1). Also = MAMMA noun2 2. Chiefly US. L19.

secundogeniture (iou)



secundogeniture noun. M19.
[from Latin secundo adverbial form of secundus SECOND adjective, after PRIMOGENITURE.]
The right of succession or inheritance belonging to a second son; property etc. so inherited.