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Mother Carey

Mother Carey proper noun: a supernatural figure personifying the cruel and threatening sea in the imagination of 18th- and 19th-century sailors.

Proper noun

Mother Carey

  1. A supernatural figure personifying the cruel and threatening sea in the imagination of 18th- and 19th-century sailors.

Origin of Mother Carey

Apparently from Latin mater cara (“precious mother”), which sometimes refers to the Virgin Mary.

Words formed from Mother Carey

Questions about Mother Carey

What does Mother Carey mean?
Mother Carey means a supernatural figure personifying the cruel and threatening sea in the imagination of 18th- and 19th-century sailors.
What part of speech is Mother Carey?
Mother Carey is a proper noun.

Words near Mother Carey in the dictionary

  1. mother abscesses
  2. mother and baby unit
  3. mother and baby units
  4. mother bomb
  5. mother bombs
  6. Mother Carey
  7. Mother Carey's chicken
  8. Mother Carey's chickens
  9. Mother Carey's geese
  10. Mother Carey's goose
  11. mother cell

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