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单词 mother of the house
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Mother of the House
Mother of the House n. the longest serving female member of a legislative assembly; cf. Father of the House n. at father n. Phrases 6.Cf. earlier mother of the House of Commons (see quot. 1920).Not in North American use, and used most often in the context of the British House of Commons.
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1920 Aberdeen Daily Jrnl. 27 Mar. 6/1 Mr Billing..said that the hon. and noble lady [sc. Lady Astor], as the mother of the House of Commons..had told them what she would do with them if they did not agree to what was really the nationalisation of drink.]
1981 Guardian 12 June 2/8 Dame Judith Hart..was the Mother of the House, having entered Parliament along with Mrs Thatcher in 1959.
2005 W. Peters in N.Z. Parl. Deb. 623 18945 The role of mother of the House now passes to one Helen Clark.
2019 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 25 July 5 Responding to the longest serving female MP, the Mother of the House Harriet Harman, at PMQs, Mrs May said she was one of just 13 female Tory MPs when she was first elected in 1997.
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