Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mater"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mater \Ma"ter\, n. [L., mother. See {Mother}.]
See {Alma mater}, {Dura mater}, and {Pia mater}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mater
n : informal terms for a mother [syn: {ma}, {mama}, {mamma}, {mom},
{momma}, {mommy}, {mammy}, {mum}, {mummy}]
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