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mothership|ˈmʌðəʃɪp|
Also 5 moderchypp, -ship, modyrchep.
[f. mother n.1 + -ship.]
The office of a mother; motherly care.
c1440Partonope 3589 For on your modership shall I neuer trust. 1453Paston Lett. I. 258 He hathe seyde as myche ther ageyns as he dar do to have hyr gode modyrchep. 1478Ibid. III. 225, I recomaund me on to yowr good moderchypp. 1905Blackw. Mag. Feb. 239/1 Even had self-defence impelled Clarie to abandon her mothership.
†b. (See mother n.1 3 c.)
1624Middleton Game at Chess iv. ii, I haue promis'd The Mother-ship 'oth Maids. |