mothershipn.¹

Brit.

/ˈmʌðəʃɪp/, U.S.

/ˈməðərˌʃɪp/

Forms: see mother n.¹ and -ship suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mother n.¹, -ship suffix.

Etymology: < mother n.¹ + -ship suffix.

1. Motherhood; the conduct or role of a mother; motherly care. In early use usually with possessive adjective as a title of respect for a mother. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > motherhood > [noun] > motherly care

mothershipa1450

a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) 6536 For on your modership shall I neuer trust.

c1459 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 256 He hathe seyde as myche þer a-geyns as he dar do to haue hyr gode modyrchep.

a1479 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 644 I recomavnd me on-to yowre good moderchypp.

1627 W. Hawkins Apollo Shroving iii. i. 39 I will doe your Mothership the fauour to bee in the first forme of my Spectators.

1630 ‘M. Car’ tr. St. Francis de Sales Treat. Loue of God ii. xiv. 635 The Hen is..a creature without courage..while she is not yet a mother, but in her mothershipe she puts on a Lions heart.

1867 Catholic World Feb. 613/1 Woman as she is everywhere where Christianity is not known, where the mothership of Mary is ignored.

1905 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 239/1 Even had self-defence impelled Clarie to abandon her mothership.

†2. The office of a woman whose official title is ‘mother’. (In quot. 1625 with reference to the office of mother of the maids: see mother n.¹ 3c.) Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1625 T. Middleton Game at Chæss iv. ii I haue promis'd The Mother-ship 'oth Maids.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mothership
释义	mothershipn.¹ Brit. /ˈmʌðəʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈməðərˌʃɪp/ Forms: see mother n.¹ and -ship suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mother n.¹, -ship suffix. Etymology: < mother n.¹ + -ship suffix. 1. Motherhood; the conduct or role of a mother; motherly care. In early use usually with possessive adjective as a title of respect for a mother. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > motherhood > [noun] > motherly care mothershipa1450 a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) 6536 For on your modership shall I neuer trust. c1459 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 256 He hathe seyde as myche þer a-geyns as he dar do to haue hyr gode modyrchep. a1479 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 644 I recomavnd me on-to yowre good moderchypp. 1627 W. Hawkins Apollo Shroving iii. i. 39 I will doe your Mothership the fauour to bee in the first forme of my Spectators. 1630 ‘M. Car’ tr. St. Francis de Sales Treat. Loue of God ii. xiv. 635 The Hen is..a creature without courage..while she is not yet a mother, but in her mothershipe she puts on a Lions heart. 1867 Catholic World Feb. 613/1 Woman as she is everywhere where Christianity is not known, where the mothership of Mary is ignored. 1905 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 239/1 Even had self-defence impelled Clarie to abandon her mothership. †2. The office of a woman whose official title is ‘mother’. (In quot. 1625 with reference to the office of mother of the maids: see mother n.¹ 3c.) Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1625 T. Middleton Game at Chæss iv. ii I haue promis'd The Mother-ship 'oth Maids. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a1450
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