motherern.
/ˈmʌð(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈməðərər/ 1. Australian. A person employed to mother lambs; a shepherd. See mother v.1 5.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep herding > shepherd > type of
sheep-reeve1450
page1590
shepherdling1605
under-shepherda1640
lad1717
lamber1809
mayoral1879
hurdle-man1880
motherer1890
rouser1896
rousie1906
boundary-keeper1933
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Squatter's Dream vii. 65 No more shepherds and ‘motherers’ to pay in that humbugging way next year.
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. 63 Shepherds have been known variously as lizards, crawlers, snails and motherers.
2. A person who nurtures, or acts as a mother towards, someone.
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society > education > upbringing > [noun] > one who brings up
nurshera1382
rearera1382
nurrya1387
nutrix?a1475
bringer up1529
nurturer1542
breedera1568
upbringerc1598
raiser-up1879
primary caretaker1914
motherer1974
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] > one acting like mother
mothereOE
earth mother1962
motherer1974
1974 J. Rothenberg Poland 27 Thou motherer o thou dear universal ass & thighs.
1992 S. Sontag Volcano Lover ii. iv. 205 The avid learner having been supplemented by the indefatigable motherer, she helped the young midshipmen with letters to their sweethearts back in England.
1997 Portland (Maine) Press Herald (Nexis) 30 Mar. 1 a [He] is something of a professional motherer, always patting, soothing, reassuring.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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