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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.
Definition 2024
mauther
mauther
English
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Noun
mauther (plural mauthers)
- (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.
- c.1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist, Act 4,