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motherlover

motherlover noun: motherfucker.

Noun

motherlover (plural motherlovers)

  1. (derogatory, euphemistic, slang) Motherfucker.
    • "They still want to help that motherlover."1971, Daniel Curley, In the Hands of Our Enemies: Stories, University of Illinois Press, page 81
    • The Muslim bomb-chuckers, running away from the house where I'd fired at them, came back to the Kotli to seek refuge — all except the motherlover we'd caught.2001, Shashi Tharoor, Riot, Penguin Books, published 2003, →ISBN, page 256

Synonyms of motherlover

Forms of motherlover

pluralmotherlovers

Origin of motherlover

From mother + lover, as a euphemism for motherfucker.

Questions about motherlover

What does motherlover mean?
Motherlover means motherfucker.
What part of speech is motherlover?
Motherlover is a noun.
What is the plural of motherlover?
The plural of motherlover is motherlovers.

Words near motherlover in the dictionary

  1. motherload
  2. motherloads
  3. motherlode
  4. motherlodes
  5. motherlove
  6. motherlover
  7. motherlovers
  8. motherloving
  9. motherly
  10. motherment
  11. motherness

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