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Another word for mother

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mother

n.

A female parent
parent, ancestress, matriarch, mamma, dam, materfamilias, mater, mama*, mammy*, motherkin*, mum*, mummy*, ma*, mom*, mommy*, muzzer*, maw*; see also parent, relative.
A matron
superintendent, mother superior, housemother; see administrator.
The source
fountainhead, font, beginning; see origin 2.

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Another word for mother

noun

A person from whom one is descended:
ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, father, forebear, forefather, foremother, parent, progenitor. (Archaic) predecessor. See kin, precede
A point of origination:
beginning, derivation, fount, fountain, fountainhead, origin, parent, provenance, provenience, root¹, rootstock, source, spring, well¹. See start

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I knew because he proved to me that I could trust him with my heart and soul - the way you trust your mother and father.
I live with my mother and daughter.
Six-month old Dandy nickered to his mother, but Casper was busy talking to Princess and Dawn.
Nicholas suddenly felt a desire and need to tell his most intimate thoughts (which he would not have told to his mother, his sister, or his friend) to this woman who was almost a stranger.
"Is she like our mother?" asked Chariot.

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