Mor vs Mauther - What's the difference?
mor | mauther | Alternative forms |
(archaic, UK, dialect) A girl, especially, a large awkward girl.
* c.1610 , , Act 4,
* 1823 , Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, , Colburn's new monthly magazine , Volume 7,
Mor is an alternative form of mauther.
As a proper noun mor
is hungarian equivalent of maurice.As a noun mauther is
(archaic|uk|dialect) a girl, especially, a large awkward girl.mauther
English
Alternative forms
* mawther * modder * mawr, morNoun
(en noun)- KAS. Ay, I know -- Away, [TO HIS SISTER.] you talk like a foolish mauther .
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- Cleave to a tight ship, my boy, as long as the wind blaeth, and while she lives upon the waters, she'll aye be a mauther to thee.
