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plural maters or matres
(Britain, slang, now chiefly archaic or humorous) Mother. quotations
Their maters are all pals of my mater, and I don’t want to get them into trouble for aiding and abetting my little show, if you understand what I mean.
1919, P. G. Wodehouse, A Damsel in Distress, page 100
Strangled by the wishes of pater / Hoping for the arms of mater / Get to me the sooner or later
1985, Mick Hucknall, Neil Moss (lyrics and music), “Holding Back the Years”, in Picture Book, performed by Simply Red
“Mater, you look well.” / “I am well. And you,” she said in that dryly prosaic deep voice of hers, “look healed.”
1997, Colleen McCullough, Caesar’s Women, page 17
(anatomy) A meninx; the dura mater, arachnoid mater, or pia mater of the brain. examples
plural maters
(biology) Someone or something that mates.
Alternative form of 'mater (“tomato”) quotations examples
"A mater sandwich would be better." Trixie said, "but I'll take it if that's all you got." As if we were woefully deprived of food. So Trixie had a tomato sandwich for lunch, carefully prepared by Lillian but for which she received no thanks.
2015, Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia's Marvelous Makeover, page 28