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mawther

mawther is the alternative form 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

Forms of mawther

pluralmawthers

Questions about mawther

What is mawther the alternative form of?
Mawther is the alternative form of mauther.

Words near mawther in the dictionary

  1. Mawson Station
  2. mawsoniid
  3. mawsoniids
  4. mawsonite
  5. Mawsons
  6. mawther
  7. mawthers
  8. mawworm
  9. mawwormism
  10. mawworms
  11. Mawyer

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