Definition of mother

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Mother (n.) The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc..

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Frigga :: Frigga (n.) The wife of Odin and mother of the gods; the supreme goddess; the Juno of the Valhalla. Cf. Freya.
Matron :: Matron (n.) A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners..
Isis :: Isis (n.) The principal goddess worshiped by the Egyptians. She was regarded as the mother of Horus, and the sister and wife of Osiris. The Egyptians adored her as the goddess of fecundity, and as the great benefactress of their country, who instructed their ancestors in the art of agriculture..
Eel-mother :: Eel-mother (n.) The eelpout.
Matronal :: Matronal (a.) Of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; motherly.
Stabber :: Stabat Mater () A celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words, commemorating the sorrows of the mother of our Lord at the foot of the cross. It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and is sung by Catholics when making the way of the cross (Via Crucis). See Station, 7 (c)..
Pearl :: Pearl (a.) Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls; made of pearls, or of mother-of-pearl..
Africander :: Africander (n.) One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a colored mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers..
Smother :: Smother (v. i.) To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder..
Smother :: Smother (v. t.) To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child..
Pentecostals :: Pentecostals (n. pl.) Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost..
Cognation :: Cognation (n.) That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons descended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from agnation.
Motherless :: Motherless (a.) Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children..
Iridescence :: Iridescence (n.) Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of-pearl..
Motherliness :: Motherliness (n.) The state or quality of being motherly.
Metronymic :: Metronymic (a.) Derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. -- A metronymic appellation..
Petrel :: Petrel (n.) Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridae. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera..
Stephanion :: Stepfather (n.) The husband of one's mother by a subsequent marriage.
Smothered :: Smothered (imp. & p. p.) of Smothe.
Colony :: Colony (n.) A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America..
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