mauther

English

Alternative forms

• mawther, modder, mawr, mor

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly originally a variant of mother.

Noun

mauther (plural mauthers)

1. (archaic, UK, dialect) A girl, especially, a large awkward girl.
   • c. 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist, Act 4:

     KAS. Ay, I know -- Away, [TO HIS SISTER.] you talk like a foolish mauther.

2. (archaic, UK, dialect) A mother.
   • 1823, Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Colburn's new monthly magazine, volume 7, page 230:

     Cleave to a tight ship, my boy, as long as the wind blaeth, and while she lives upon the waters, she'll aye be a mauther to thee.

Anagrams

• terumah