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Webster 1913 Edition


Mauther

Mau′ther

(ma̤′thẽr)
,
Noun.
[Cf. AS.
maegþ
a maid.]
[Also spelled
mawther
,
mother
.]
A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Mauther

MAU'THER

,
Noun.
A foolish young girl. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


mauther

mauther

English

Alternative forms

Noun

mauther (plural mauthers)

  1. (archaic, Britain, dialect) A girl, especially, a large awkward girl.
    • c.1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist, Act 4,
      KAS. Ay, I know -- Away, [TO HIS SISTER.] you talk like a foolish mauther.
    • 1823, Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Colburn's new monthly magazine, Volume 7, page 230,
      Cleave to a tight ship, my boy, as long as the wind blaeth, and while she lives upon the waters, she'll aye be a mauther to thee.