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Definitions for Motherless

[1] a female parent.
[2] (often initial capital letter ) one's female parent.
[3] a mother-in-law, stepmother, or adoptive mother.
[4] a term of address for a female parent or a woman having or regarded as having the status, function, or authority of a female parent.
[5] a term of familiar address for an old or elderly woman.
[6] mother superior.
[7] a woman exercising control, influence, or authority like that of a mother: to be a mother to someone.
[8] the qualities characteristic of a mother, as maternal affection: It is the mother in her showing itself.
[9] something or someone that gives rise to or exercises protecting care over something else; origin or source.
[10] (in disc recording) a mold from which stampers are made.
[11] being a mother: a mother bird.
[12] of, relating to, or characteristic of a mother: mother love.
[13] derived from or as if from one's mother; native: his mother culture.
[14] bearing a relation like that of a mother, as in being the origin, source, or protector: the mother company and its affiliates; the mother computer and its network of terminals.
[15] to be the mother of; give origin or rise to.
[16] to acknowledge oneself the author of; assume as one's own.
[17] to care for or protect like a mother; act maternally toward.
[18] to perform the tasks or duties of a female parent; act maternally: a woman with a need to mother.
[19] mother of all , the greatest or most notable example of: the mother of all mystery novels.
[20] not having a mother
[21] Australian informal (intensifier) motherless broke
[22] a female who has given birth to offspring (as modifier ) a mother bird
[23] (often capital, esp as a term of address) a person's own mother
[24] a female substituting in the function of a mother
[25] (often capital) mainly archaic a term of address for an old woman
[26] motherly qualities, such as maternal affection it appealed to the mother in her (as modifier ) mother love (in combination ) mothercraft
[27] a female or thing that creates, nurtures, protects, etc, something (as modifier ) mother church ; mother earth
[28] a title given to certain members of female religious orders mother superior
[29] Christian Science God as the eternal Principle
[30] (modifier) native or innate mother wit
[31] offensive , taboo , slang , mainly US short for motherfucker offensive
[32] be mother to pour the tea I'll be mother
[33] the mother of all … informal the greatest example of its kind the mother of all parties
[34] to give birth to or produce
[35] to nurture, protect, etc as a mother
[36] a stringy slime containing various bacteria that forms on the surface of liquids undergoing acetous fermentation. It can be added to wine, cider, etc to promote vinegar formation Also called: mother of vinegar

Words nearby Motherless

mothermoth mullein, moth orchid, moth-eaten, mothball, mothballs, mother, mother carey's chicken, mother cell, mother church, mother city, mother country

Origin of Motherless

1before 900; Middle English mother, moder, Old English mōdor; cognate with Dutch moeder, German Mutter, Old Norse mōthir, Latin māter, Greek mḗtēr, Sanskrit mātar-. As in father, th was substituted for d, possibly on the model of brother

Other words from Motherless

moth·er·less , adjective
moth·er·less·ness , noun
un·moth·ered , adjective
Related adjective: maternal

Word origin for Motherless

C16: perhaps from mother 1 , but compare Spanish madre scum, Dutch modder dregs, Middle Low German modder decaying object, mudde sludge