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[ mey-ter ] / ˈmeɪ tər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mater ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural ma·ters, ma·tres [mey-treez]. /ˈmeɪ triz/. British Informal. mother1. the backing holding the movable parts of an astrolabe. Origin of materFirst recorded in 1585–95, mater is from the Latin word māter Words nearby matermatchy-matchy, mate, matelassé, matelot, matelote, mater, mater dolorosa, materfamilias, materia alba, material, material cause Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for materAnd then there's Laurie (Amy Brenneman), the Garveys' mater familias. ‘The Leftovers’ Review: A Fever Dream You Can’t Wake Up From|Andrew Romano|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Now she, along with Jean Kennedy Smith, is also Mater Familias to the grieving clan. Camelot's Last Lady|Jerry Oppenheimer|August 26, 2009|DAILY BEAST Jimmy is rooting for Arizona State this year since his alma mater, UNLV, didn't get a bid. Bracketology with Jimmy Kimmel|Pat O'Brien|March 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST I gave it, and he burst into a derisive laugh, meant for me and the mater. Johnny Ludlow, Second Series|Mrs. Henry Wood
"No, you're not," said the Mater; and she pinched me till I started. The Woman Who Vowed|Ellison Harding Of course, the mater told me you were on your way home, but I didn't tell old Jimsy here, as long as you hadn't. Play the Game!|Ruth Comfort Mitchell I say, if my mater saw that tumble, she would not let me go out alone any more, would she? The Swan and Her Crew|George Christopher Davies The Mater is quite a youthful peasant girl: we should not regret it if it were totally gone. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 331, May, 1843|Various
British Dictionary definitions for mater
nounBritish public school slang, often facetious a word for mother 1 Word Origin for materC16: from Latin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to materdingy, lackluster, murky, shadowy, faint, cloudy, dark, gloomy, fuzzy, dull, vague, blurred, gray, dusk, overcast, faded, obscured, pale, mat, muted |