mothership

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English

Etymology 1

From mother +‎ ship.

Noun

mothership (plural motherships)

  1. Alternative spelling of mother ship

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Etymology 2

From Middle English modership, equivalent to mother +‎ -ship.[1][2]

Noun

mothership (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a mother.
    Synonym: motherhood
    • 1916, Charles Augustus Shook, The Gist of the Bible: A Complete Handbook for Class and Home Study, page 222:
      How did Solomon decide a question of mothership?
    • 1884, Francis de Sales, chapter XIV, in Henry Benedict McKay, transl., Treatise on the Love of God, page 101:
      but with her mothership she puts on a lion's heart
    • 1913, Susie Colyer Nethersole, Wilsam, page 357:
      At present only the pride of mothership was apparent
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References

  1. ^ “mọ̄dershipe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ “mothership, n.1”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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