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co-mother

Noun

(plural co-mothers)

  1. in polygamy, a wife of one's father who is not one's mother; that is, co-wife of one's mother
  2. in polygamy, the relationship between one co-wife and another, in respect to their children
  3. in a lesbian couple, the nonbirth mother (partner of the birth mother) of a child, especially one who takes an equal role in mothering the child
Related terms
  • co-sister
  • co-aunt
  • co-grandmother
  • co-wife
  • co-mother-in-law
Origin
  • com- +‎ mother, as calque of Latin commater, French commère

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  • co-mother-in-law
  • and-his-mother
  • who-s-she-the-cat-s-mother
  • motherling
  • biomother
  • be-mother
  • mother-goddess
  • maternal
  • amma
  • motherly

Words near co-mother in the dictionary


  • co-mingle
  • co-mingled
  • co-mingles
  • co-mingling
  • co-mother
  • co-mother-in-law
  • co-mothers
  • co-mothers-in-law
  • co-occur
  • co-occurred

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