Mother Country Definition

noun
The country of one's birth or one's ancestors.
American Heritage

Motherland.

Webster's New World
The country from which the settlers of a territory originally came.
American Heritage

The country in which a person (group of people) was born; motherland, homeland.

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Noun

Singular:
mother country
Plural:
mother countries

Mother Country Sentence Examples

  • The trouble was soon complicated by the conflict with the mother country.

  • Up to the end of the 19th century, little was thought of any locally-raised or locally-provided defensive forces, the mother-country being relied upon.

  • Sugar-works were established, and considerable quantities of the produce exported to the mother country.

  • But the government of Bombay had hurried on a rupture with the Mahratta confederacy at a time when France was on the point of declaring war against England, and when the mother-country found herself unable to subdue her rebellious colonists in America.

  • An accredited team of bowlers from the mother country visited Canada in 1906, and was accorded a royal welcome.

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Words Starting With

MMOMOT

Words Ending With

YRYTRY

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Words Starting With M and Ending With Y

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14 Letter Words14 Letter Words Starting With M14 Letter Words Ending With Y