mother
noun
[ ˈmʌðə ]
• a woman in relation to her child or children.
• "she returned to Bristol to nurse her ageing mother"
Similar:
female parent,
biological mother,
birth mother,
foster mother,
adoptive mother,
stepmother,
surrogate mother,
materfamilias,
matriarch,
mama,
mamma,
ma,
mammy,
old dear,
old lady,
old woman,
mum,
mummy,
mumsy,
mam,
mom,
mommy,
mater,
Mata,
amma,
progenitress,
progenitrix,
mother
verb
• bring up (a child) with care and affection.
• "she didn't know how to mother my brother and he was very sensitive"
• give birth to.
• "she's mothered two foals that have gone on to be impressive dressage competitors"
Origin:
Old English mōdor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moeder and German Mutter, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin mater and Greek mētēr .
