mama-sann.

Brit.

/ˈmaməˌsɑːn/,

/ˈmaməˌsan/,

/ˈmɑːməˌsɑːn/, U.S.

/ˈmɑməˌsɑn/

Forms: 1900s– mama san, 1900s– mama-san, 1900s– mamasan, 1900s– mamma san, 1900s– mamosan (irregular). Also with capital initial(s).

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese mama-san.

Etymology: < Japanese mama-san honoured mother, madam, proprietress, manageress of a bar, etc. < mama mother (early 20th cent.) ( < English mama : see mama n.¹) + -san san n.³

In Japan and East Asia: (originally) a mother; (later) any woman in a position of authority, spec. one in charge of a geisha-house or bar.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator > female > in Japan

mama-san1904

1904 L. Hearn Let. 10 Aug. in Japanese Lett. (1911) 442 Little Mamma San,—This morning we had a pleasant swimming, the sea being warm.

1946 Amer. Speech 22 55/2 Mama-san, the GI term for the madam of a joro house. (Japan.)

1949 L. H. Crockett Popcorn on Ginza xvi. 218 Mama-sans of some of the better Tokyo houses become well informed on all sorts of political intrigue.

1958 G. Mikes East is East 56 ‘Mamasan’ is not surprised if someone wishes to linger late in one of those tiny little Japanese houses where the parties take place.

1962 A. Campbell Heart of Japan iv. 113 The mama-san wanted us all to go home... A geisha party isn't supposed to go on more than three hours.

1968 Manch. Guardian Weekly 4 Jan. 10 We were visited by two enormous Sumo wrestlers, with their equally large Mama-San.

1988 New Scientist 28 Apr. 32/1 Pretty barrio girls..are often recruited from their rural villages by mamasans.

2004 D. Roberts et al. Live & Work in Japan (ed. 2) 212 The best way to find work of this kind is to visit the clubs in the early evening..and ask to speak to the mama-san (an old woman employed to look after the ‘girls’).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mama-san
释义	mama-sann. Brit. /ˈmaməˌsɑːn/, /ˈmaməˌsan/, /ˈmɑːməˌsɑːn/, U.S. /ˈmɑməˌsɑn/ Forms: 1900s– mama san, 1900s– mama-san, 1900s– mamasan, 1900s– mamma san, 1900s– mamosan (irregular). Also with capital initial(s). Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese mama-san. Etymology: < Japanese mama-san honoured mother, madam, proprietress, manageress of a bar, etc. < mama mother (early 20th cent.) ( < English mama : see mama n.¹) + -san san n.³ In Japan and East Asia: (originally) a mother; (later) any woman in a position of authority, spec. one in charge of a geisha-house or bar. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator > female > in Japan mama-san1904 1904 L. Hearn Let. 10 Aug. in Japanese Lett. (1911) 442 Little Mamma San,—This morning we had a pleasant swimming, the sea being warm. 1946 Amer. Speech 22 55/2 Mama-san, the GI term for the madam of a joro house. (Japan.) 1949 L. H. Crockett Popcorn on Ginza xvi. 218 Mama-sans of some of the better Tokyo houses become well informed on all sorts of political intrigue. 1958 G. Mikes East is East 56 ‘Mamasan’ is not surprised if someone wishes to linger late in one of those tiny little Japanese houses where the parties take place. 1962 A. Campbell Heart of Japan iv. 113 The mama-san wanted us all to go home... A geisha party isn't supposed to go on more than three hours. 1968 Manch. Guardian Weekly 4 Jan. 10 We were visited by two enormous Sumo wrestlers, with their equally large Mama-San. 1988 New Scientist 28 Apr. 32/1 Pretty barrio girls..are often recruited from their rural villages by mamasans. 2004 D. Roberts et al. Live & Work in Japan (ed. 2) 212 The best way to find work of this kind is to visit the clubs in the early evening..and ask to speak to the mama-san (an old woman employed to look after the ‘girls’). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1904
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