See Also: mother country(dictionary)
Mother Lode Country(encyclopedia)
mother yaw(medicine)
Mother of God(dictionary)
Mother's Day(dictionary)
eel-mother(medicine)
Mother(medicine)
mother(1)(dictionary)
mother(4)(dictionary)
MOTHER-IN-LAW(law)

mother country (oh)



n [C usually singular]
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
-synonym motherland motherland
a powerful country that controls or used to control a less powerful country
::The bond between the mother country and her former colonies grew stronger.