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mam

(mæm)

informal or dialect another word for mother¹

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Mam

(mɑm)
n., pl. Mams, (esp. collectively) Mam.

1. a member of an American Indian people of W highland Guatemala and adjacent parts of Mexico.

2. the Mayan language or complex of languages spoken by the Mam.

mam

Also known as a “manman,” “mambo” or voodoo priestess, in the vodoun religion this is a woman who summons vodoun gods in order to divine the future or heal.

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Noun	1.	Mam - a member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala Maya, Mayan - a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy; "Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar"
	2.	Mam - a Mayan language spoken by the Mam Mayan language, Maya, Mayan - a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya

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mam

[mæm] N (Brit) (dial) → mamá f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mam

[ˈmæm] n (British) → maman f

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They're using the telephone, mam. Telephoning to the police, I think.

Henry's in a state, mam. I thought I'd better tell you.

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The newborn kit contains four top MAM items including a 130ml anti-colic bottle, eight MAM breast pads, a massaging brush and a MAM Perfect Start soother for babies aged 0-2 months.

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Speaking ahead of Mother's Day, Vicky - who shot to fame on Geordie Shore - admits she does not know she would have coped without the support of her mam Carroll.

I adore my mam, she deserves the world; EX-I'M A CELEB STAR VICKY ON 'AMAZING' CARROLL

Vickysaid: "I adore my mam -- she deserves the world.

'My mam is my hero' - Vicky Pattison opens up on mam's support after her 'worst year'; Speaking ahead of Mother's Day, Vicky Pattison admits she does not know she would have coped without the support of her mam Carroll

Family counselling is where Pigeon sits with his mam and the counsellor, and the counsellor asks questions which Pigeon answers as briefly as possible, and his mam doesn't answer at all.

MORNING SERIAL

By the Monday they had put my mam on a morphine drip, she had lung/bowel cancer.

Some doctors lacking sensitivity

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This program is possible through a partnership between MAM and schools in Spring Branch ISD, Aldine ISD, CyFair ISD, and Houston ISD.

Memorial Assistance Ministries Back to School Program Aims to Help Over 6,000 Local Students

'All market participants are hereby informed that due to repeated failure of MAM to resolve all outstanding complaints and since no substantive progress has been shown despite lapse of considerable time, the Exchange followed the due process and placed the matter before the Board-PSX in its meeting held today', the statement added.

PSX Board decides to forfeit TRE of NAM Securities

The triblock copolymers, Nanostrength[R] MAM and MAM-N, were kindly supplied by Arkema (France).

Epoxy formulation including an acrylic triblock copolymer adapted for use in filament winding

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