Mother country
1mother country — mother countries also Mother Country 1) N COUNT: oft with poss Someone s mother country is the country in which they or their ancestors were born and to which they still feel emotionally linked, even if they live somewhere else. Dr Kengerli looks …
2Mother country — Mother Moth er, a. Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating. [1913 Webster] It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry… …
3Mother Country — redirects here. For the concept of national identity, see Homeland. Mother Country (2002) is a novel by Libby Purves about a young American computer expert who goes in search of the relatives of his biological mother, a teenage heroin addict in… …
4mother country — mother .country n [C usually singular] 1.) someone s mother country is the country where they or their family were born and to which they feel a very strong emotional connection, even if they are no longer living there = ↑motherland 2.) a… …
5mother country — mother ,country noun count the country where you were born or that your family originally came from …
6mother country — ► NOUN ▪ a country in relation to its colonies …
7mother country — index home (place of origin) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
8mother country — n. MOTHERLAND …
9mother country — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms mother country : singular mother country plural mother countries the country where you were born or that your family originally came from …
10Mother Country — see mother country …
