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Definition of Mother
Mother

A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child.

That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix.

An old woman or matron.

The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc.

Hysterical passion; hysteria.

Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating.

To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to.

A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and acts as a means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the alcohol and other combustible principles of the liquid, thus leading to their oxidation.

To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar.

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Mother Quotations

Night is the mother of thoughts.
John Florio

I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one.
Frances McDormand

I never turned down a mother role.
Dorothy Malone

Education is the mother of leadership.
Wendell Willkie

A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.
Chanakya

Mother Translations

mother in Afrikaans is ma
mother in Danish is mor, moder
mother in Dutch is ouder, moeder
mother in German is Mutter, Mutter/Haupt
mother in Italian is madre
mother in Latin is mater matris
mother in Norwegian is mor
mother in Spanish is madre
mother in Swedish is mor, moder, mamma

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