mother ship
noun
: a ship serving smaller craft
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web One episode ties directly back into the mother ship, featuring Samantha Morton -- who played the villainous Alpha, whose reign of terror as leader of the Whisperers dragged on far too long -- in what amounts to a prequel to her story. 
Brian Lowry, CNN, 14 Aug. 2022 As if signaling that something was afoot, a dark, elongated and slightly elliptical cloud seemed to drift over the Potomac River, like an ominous mother ship in a science fiction tale. Martin Weil, Washington Post, 17 July 2022 Congress came back to the Washington mother ship this week, and the buzz was that the Democrats will move heaven and earth to give the American public a reason to vote for them in November’s midterm elections. Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2022 Any person, regardless of race or gender, might work from their Baltimore home three or three and a half weeks a month, but go to the mother ship for face-to-face interactions. Michael B. Arthur, Forbes, 24 Apr. 2022 Work-in-Progress leaders frequently consult with the American mother ship, and use a version of Carhartt’s triple-stitching technique. New York Times, 19 Feb. 2022 Unlike traditional rockets that launch vertically, Virgin’s SpaceShipTwo Unity takes off tethered to the belly of a mother ship. Washington Post, 11 July 2021 The mother ship is the one the size of a Minnie Winnie that sits on a parking lot off Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake complete with bench seating, potted plants and a small office-cum-kitchen. Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2022 Then as the sun peaked over the bay, Wait powered up and motored the mother ship about 600 yards away and idled it near shore. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2021 See More
Brian Lowry, CNN, 14 Aug. 2022 As if signaling that something was afoot, a dark, elongated and slightly elliptical cloud seemed to drift over the Potomac River, like an ominous mother ship in a science fiction tale. Martin Weil, Washington Post, 17 July 2022 Congress came back to the Washington mother ship this week, and the buzz was that the Democrats will move heaven and earth to give the American public a reason to vote for them in November’s midterm elections. Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2022 Any person, regardless of race or gender, might work from their Baltimore home three or three and a half weeks a month, but go to the mother ship for face-to-face interactions. Michael B. Arthur, Forbes, 24 Apr. 2022 Work-in-Progress leaders frequently consult with the American mother ship, and use a version of Carhartt’s triple-stitching technique. New York Times, 19 Feb. 2022 Unlike traditional rockets that launch vertically, Virgin’s SpaceShipTwo Unity takes off tethered to the belly of a mother ship. Washington Post, 11 July 2021 The mother ship is the one the size of a Minnie Winnie that sits on a parking lot off Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake complete with bench seating, potted plants and a small office-cum-kitchen. Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2022 Then as the sun peaked over the bay, Wait powered up and motored the mother ship about 600 yards away and idled it near shore. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1867, in the meaning defined above
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