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Mothers Day

Mothers Day is the alternative form of Mother's Day.

Meaning of Mother's Day

Noun

Mother's Day (plural Mother's Days)

  1. (Canada, Philippines, US) A day in honor of one's mother on the second Sunday in May in the United States and Canada.
  2. (Ireland, UK, informal) Synonym of Mothering Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Lent, a moveable feast three weeks before Easter, used as a day in honor of mothers in some Commonwealth countries.
  3. Other similar holidays honoring mothers or one's mother in various countries.

Questions about Mothers Day

What is Mothers Day the alternative form of?
Mothers Day is the alternative form of Mother's Day.

Words near Mothers Day in the dictionary

  1. motherment
  2. motherness
  3. motherplant
  4. motherplants
  5. mothers
  6. Mothers Day
  7. Mothers Days
  8. mothers of chapel
  9. mothers superior
  10. mothers up
  11. Mothers' Day

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