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mauthers

mauthers is the plural of mauther.

Meaning of mauther

Noun

mauther (plural mauthers)

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal) A girl, especially, a large awkward girl.
    • KAS. Ay, I know -- Away, [TO HIS SISTER.] you talk like a foolish mauther.c. 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist, Act 4
  2. (UK, archaic, dialectal) A mother.
    • 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.1823, Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Colburn's new monthly magazine, volume 7, page 230

Questions about mauthers

What is mauthers the plural of?
Mauthers is the plural of mauther.

Words near mauthers in the dictionary

  1. Maust
  2. Mauston
  3. Mausts
  4. Mauswagon
  5. mauther
  6. mauthers
  7. mauto
  8. mautos
  9. Mautz
  10. Mautzes
  11. mauvais quart d'heure

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