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mater

Noun

ma=ter

WORDNET DICTIONARY

mater(n = noun.person) - an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously;

mater, n. [L., mother. See Mother.].

See Alma mater, Dura mater, and Pia mater. [1913 Webster]

mater, n. Brit. sl. mother.

Usage

Now only in jocular or affected use.

Etymology

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