Noun
(UK, dialect, Scottish lowlands) One's mother.
(US, dialect, Southern US) One's grandmother, especially one's maternal grandmother.
(US, dialect, Southern US, less commonly) One's mother.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgThat doesn’t mean that I follow the trends because, well, MAMAW, but I get such a kick out of listening to the girls talk about the stuff they’re “obsessed” with (top-o-the-list: Blake Lively). Source: Internet
The cycle MaMaw wishes to stop for J.D. is not the cycle of poverty, but the pitfalls of “hillbilly” culture itself, as exemplified by all the kids J.D. starts to get into trouble with right before MaMaw finally decides to adopt him. Source: Internet
There is a party in heaven right now as you are reunited with Mamaw, Aunt Phyllis, Chrissy, Doran and so many others.” Source: Internet