Mother definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary MOTHER, n. [L. mater, mother; matrix, the womb; materia, matter, stuff, materials of which any ... is connected with the opinion that the earth is the mother of all productions; whence the word mother-earth. We are informed by a fragment of Sanchoniathon, that ... the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, the same word madre signified mother, and a mold for castings; and the northern languages, ...
queen mother definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a queen dowager who is mother of the reigning sovereign Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1577 a queen dowager who is mother of the reigning sovereign Webster's 1913 Dictionary Queen conch ... queen consort of England, arising from gifts, fines, etc. Queen mother, a queen dowager who is also mother of the reigning king or queen. Queen of May. See ... or Turbith's mineral. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary The Queen Mother is the mother of a ruling king or queen. ...
Mary definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary ... Hebrew Miry?m Miriam Date: before 12th century 1. the mother of Jesus 2. a sister of Lazarus and Martha and ... Bible Dictionary Hebrew Miriam. (1.) The wife of Joseph, the mother of Jesus, called the "Virgin Mary," though never so designated ... Gabriel announced to her that she was to be the mother of the promised Messiah (Luke 1:35). After this she ... entering the house she was saluted by Elisabeth as the mother of her Lord, and then forthwith gave utterance to her ... 49), where Christ uttered the memorable words, "Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? And he stretched forth ...
mother country definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the country where you were born [syn: fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, native land] Merriam Webster's noun ... that is the origin of something Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mother Moth"er, a. 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. It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived. --T. Arnold. ...
mother tongue definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: one ... children and passed from one generation to the next [syn: mother tongue, maternal language, first language] Merriam Webster's noun Date ... language from which another language derives Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mother Moth"er, a. 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. It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived. --T. Arnold. ...
MOTHER, or THE MOTHER Definitions 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue A bawd. Mother abbess: the same. Mother midnight; a midwife. Mother in law's bit; a small piece, mothers in law ...
mother cell definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: cell ... different sort) develops; "a sperm cell develops from a sperm mother cell" Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1845 a cell that ... cells usually of a different sort Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mother Moth"er, a. 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. It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived. --T. Arnold. ...
mother wit definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: sound ... away" [syn: common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother wit] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 15th century natural wit or intelligence Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mother Moth"er, a. 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. It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived. --T. Arnold. ...
Mother water definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mother Moth"er, a. 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. It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived. --T. Arnold. Mother cell (Biol.), a cell which, by endogenous divisions, gives ...
Mother queen definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mother Moth"er, a. 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. It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived. --T. Arnold. Mother cell (Biol.), a cell which, by endogenous divisions, gives ...
Mother liquor definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mother Moth"er, a. 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. It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived. --T. Arnold. Mother cell (Biol.), a cell which, by endogenous divisions, gives ...
Mother church definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mother Moth"er, a. 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. It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived. --T. Arnold. Mother cell (Biol.), a cell which, by endogenous divisions, gives ...
Mother-in-law definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary MOTHER-IN-LAW, n. The mother of a husband or wife. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the mother of your spouse Merriam Webster's noun (plural mothers-in-law) Date: 14th century 1. the mother of one's spouse 2. archaic stepmother Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mother-in-law Moth"er-in-law`, n. The mother ...
Mother Carey's chicken definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: medium-sized storm petrel [syn: Mother Carey's chicken, Mother Carey's hen, Oceanites oceanicus] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology ... origin unknown Date: 1767 storm petrel Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mother Moth"er, n. [OE. moder, AS. m[=o]dor; akin ... generatrix. Alas! poor country! . . . it can not Be called our mother, but our grave. --Shak. I behold . . . the solitary majesty of Crete, mother of a religion, it is said, that lived two ...
foster mother definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a woman ... a foster parent and raises another's child [syn: foster-mother, foster mother] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Foster Fos"ter, a. [AS. f ... affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called ... an infant of child nursed by a woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its father. Foster brother ... parentage. Foster dam, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse. --Dryden. Foster earth, earth by which a ...