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ma·ter
(mā′tər)n. Chiefly British
Mother.
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mater
(ˈmeɪtə)n
public school slang often facetious Brit a word for mother1
[C16: from Latin]
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ma•ter
(ˈmeɪ tər)n.
Brit. mother 1.
[1585–95; < Latin māter]
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| Noun | 1. | mater - an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously female parent, mother - a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children" |
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mater
n (Brit inf) → Mama f
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