mater (redirected from matern)

ma·ter  (mtr)

n. Chiefly British

Mother.

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[Latin mter; see mter- in Indo-European roots.]

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mater [ˈmeɪtə]

n

Brit public school slang a word for mother¹: often used facetiously

[from Latin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mater - an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously female parent, mother - a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children"

Translations

mater

n (Brit inf) → Mama f