welfare mother
welfare mother noun: a woman who receives government support for dependent children.
Noun
welfare mother (plural welfare mothers)
- A woman who receives government support for dependent children.
- Welfare mothers who stay in school and finish their high school education secure a stable job and exit welfare rapidly.1997, Kathleen Mullan Harris, Frank F. Furstenberg, Teen Mothers and the Revolving Welfare Door, →ISBN, page 125
- Here the welfare mother is the bad mother; the castrating matriarch.2000, Vivyan Campbell Adair, From Good Ma to Welfare Queen: A Genealogy of the Poor Woman in American Literature, Photography, and Culture, →ISBN, page 22
Forms of welfare mother
| plural | welfare mothers |
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Questions about welfare mother
- What does welfare mother mean?
- Welfare mother means a woman who receives government support for dependent children.
- What part of speech is welfare mother?
- Welfare mother is a noun.
- What is the plural of welfare mother?
- The plural of welfare mother is welfare mothers.
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