| 单词 | mother of states |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMother of States Mother of States n. U.S. the State of Virginia (also Mother of States and Statesmen); (also, occasionally) the State of Connecticut (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > specific states > Virginia Mother of Presidents1827 Mother of States1834 Mother of Commonwealths1879 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > specific states > Connecticut Mother of States1834 blue law state1839 1834 W. A. Caruthers Kentuckian in N.Y. ii. 195 Virginia has been the mother of states. 1838 Yale Lit. Mag. 3 86 To thee, Mother of States! to thee, good old Connecticut, do our praises most belong. 1855 Southern Literary Messenger 21 675/1 Virginia..[was] hailed as ‘the Mother of States’. 1896 Congress. Rec. 9 June 6342/2 That grand old Commonwealth of Virginia, the mother of States and statesmen. 1915 J. A. Early Heritage of South 99 Enough men to fill the petty offices..could not be found in all the limits of that old commonwealth which has been designated ‘the mother of states and statesmen’. 1994 Roanoke (Virginia) Times & World News (Nexis) 13 Dec. (Extra section) 1 Mother of states, mother of presidents. Virginia has also mothered a good portion of award-winning authors this century. < as lemmas |
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