Usually means: Historical term for Black nursemaid.
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  1. mauma: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mauma)

▸ noun:  (African-American Vernacular) mother
▸ noun:  (African-American Vernacular) A title of respect for an elderly woman

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