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mother | husband |

As a proper noun mother

is one's mother.

As a noun husband is

(lb) the master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.

As a verb husband is

to manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.

mother

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) ).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A (human) female who (a) s a child (b) gives birth to a baby (c) donates a fertilized egg or (d) donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone. Sometimes used in reference to a pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be.
    • I am visiting my mother'''(a) today.'' — ''My sister-in-law has just become a '''mother'''.(b)'' — ''Nutrients and oxygen obtained by the '''mother (c) are conveyed to the fetus.
  • * 1988 , Robert Ferro, Second Son ,
    • He had something of his mother in him, but this was because he realized that in the end only her love was unconditional, and in gratitude he had emulated her.
  • * 1991 , (Susan Faludi), The Undeclared War Against American Women ,
    • The antiabortion iconography in the last decade featured the fetus but never the mother .
  • A female parent of an animal.
    • The lioness was a mother of four cubs.
  • (figuratively) A female ancestor.
  • * 1525 , ,
    • And Ada[Adam] called his wyfe Heua[Eve] because she was the mother of all that lyveth
  • * 1844 , , Fragment on the Church , Volume 1, page 17,
    • But one in the place of God and not God, is as it were a falsehood; it is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived.
  • (figuratively) A source or origin.
    • The Mediterranean was mother to many cultures and languages.
  • * 1606', '', Act 4, Scene 3, '''1866 , George Steevens (editor), ''The Complete Works of William Shakespeare , page 278,
    • Alas, poor country: / Almost afraid to know itself! It cannot / Be call'd our mother , but our grave:
  • * 1844 , , Fragment on the Church , Volume 1, page 17,
    • But one in the place of God and not God, is as it were a falsehood; it is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived.
  • (when followed by a surname) A title of respect for one's mother-in-law.
    • Mother Smith, meet my cousin, Doug Jones.
  • (figuratively) Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community.
  • (figuratively) Any person or entity which performs mothering.
  • * The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. –Judges 5:7, KJV.
  • * Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. –Galatians 4:26, KJV.
  • A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and acts as a means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the alcohol and other combustible principles of the liquid, thus leading to their oxidation.
  • The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.
  • The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc.
  • (obsolete) Hysterical passion; hysteria.
    • (Shakespeare)
    Synonyms
    * See also * metro-
    Antonyms
    * (with regards to gender) father * (with regards to ancestry) daughter, son, child
    Hypernyms
    * (a female parent) parent
    Coordinate terms
    * (a female parent) father
    Derived terms
    * antimother * be mother * biological mother * birth mother * foster mother * grandmother, great-grandmother * Mother City * Mother Earth * motherfucker * Mothering Sunday * mother-in-law * motherland * motherload * mother lode * Mother's Day * mother-to-be * mother wit * motherwort * refrigerator mother * stepmother * surrogate mother

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
  • *
    • She had seen fewer years than any of us, but she was of such superb Evehood and simplicity that she mothered us from the beginning.

    References

    * American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company 2003.

    Etymology 2

    Calque of Arabic .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
    • "The great duel, the mother of all battles has begun." — (Saddam Hussein)
    Related terms
    * mother of all

    Etymology 3

    Shortened from (motherfucker)

    Alternative forms

    * mutha

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (euphemistic, coarse, slang) Motherfucker.
  • (euphemistic, colloquial) A striking example.
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    • Synonyms
    * MF, mofo, motherfucker, mutha

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    Etymology 4

    Coined from .

    Alternative forms

    * moth-er

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nonstandard) A cat that catches moths.
    • Usage notes
    Because of the spelling (mother), the alternative hyphenated spelling (moth-er) may be used to avoid ambiguity. 100 English basic words 1000 English basic words

    husband

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
  • (lb) A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
  • *, IV.3:
  • *:a withered tree, through husbands toyle, / Is often seene full freshly to have florisht
  • *(rfdate) (George Hakewill) (1578-1649)
  • *:the painful husband , ploughing up his ground
  • *(rfdate) (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
  • *:He is the neatest husband for curious ordering his domestick and field accommodations.
  • (lb) A prudent or frugal manager.
  • *(rfdate) (Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)
  • *:God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband , to improve the short remnant left me.
  • A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
  • :
  • *(rfdate) (William Blackstone) (1723-1780)
  • *:The husband and wife are one person in law.
  • *
  • *:A great bargain also had beenthe arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.}}
  • The male of a pair of animals.
  • :(Dryden)
  • (lb) A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
  • A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.
  • :
  • A polled tree; a pollard.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * wife

    Hypernyms

    * partner (may or may not be married ) * spouse (may also apply to wife )

    Derived terms

    * ex-husband * house husband * hubby * husbandage * husbandly * husbandman * husbandry * husbandless * ship's husband

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
    • For my means, I'll husband them so well, / They shall go far. — Shakespeare.
  • To conserve.
  • * 1719, (Daniel Defoe), (Robinson Crusoe)
    • ...I found pens, ink, and paper, and I husbanded them to the utmost; and I shall show that while my ink lasted, I kept things very exact, but after that was gone I could not, for I could not make any ink by any means that I could devise.
  • (obsolete) To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
  • * (rfdate) (Evelyn)
    • Land so trim and rarely husbanded .
  • To provide with a husband.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.

    • Derived terms

    * husbandable * husbandry

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