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Common
noun
•
A (human)
female
who has
given birth
to a
baby
•
A human
female
who
parents
an
adopted
or
fostered
child
•
A human
female
who
donates
a
fertilized
egg
or
donates
a
body
cell
which has
resulted
in a
clone
.
•
A
pregnant
female
,
possibly
as a
shortened
form of
mother-to-be
.
•
A
female
parent
of an
animal
.
•
A
female
ancestor
.
•
A
source
or
origin
.
•
Something that is the
greatest
or most
significant
of its kind
. (See
mother of all
.)
•
A
title
of
respect
for
one's
mother-in-law
.
•
Any
elderly
woman
,
especially
within a
particular
community
.
•
Any person or
entity
which
performs
mothering
.
•
The
principal
piece
of an
astrolabe
, into which the others are
fixed
.
•
The
female
superior
or
head
of a
religious
house
; an
abbess
, etc.
•
Hysterical
passion
;
hysteria
; the
uterus
.
⚠️
Motherfucker
.
•
A
striking
example
.
•
A
stringy
,
mucilaginous
or
film
- or membrane-like
substance
(
consisting of
acetobacters
) which
develops
in
fermenting
alcoholic
liquids
(such as
wine
, or
cider
), and
turns
the
alcohol
into
acetic acid
with the help of
oxygen
from the
air
.
•
Alternative
form of
moth-er
verb
•
To
give birth
to or
produce
(as its
female
parent
) a
child
. (Compare
father
.)
•
To
treat
as a
mother
would be
expected
to
treat
her
child
; to
nurture
.
•
To
cause
to
contain
mother
(“that
substance
which
develops
in
fermenting
alcohol
and
turns
it into
vinegar
”).
•
To
develop
mother
.
name
•
One's
mother
.
•
A
title
given to
a
nun
or a
priestess
.
•
One of the
triune
goddesses
of the
Lady
in
Wicca
alongside
the
Crone
and
Maiden
and
representing
a
woman
older
than a
girlish
Maiden
but
younger
than an
aged
Crone
.
Sourced from
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Colloquial or slang synonyms:
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tother
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pother
nother
Lineage
mother
English
moder
Middle English (1100-1500)
modor
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
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