Mother

Mother

A mother (or mum/mom) is a woman who has raised a child, given birth to a child, and/or supplied the ovum that united with a sperm which grew into a child. Because of the complexity and differences of a mother's social, cultural, and religious definitions and roles, it is challenging to specify a universally acceptable definition for the term. The male equivalent is a father.

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Famous quotes containing the word mother:

    “Always the same old story—
    Father Time and Mother Earth,
    A marriage on the rocks.”
    —James Merrill (b. 1926)

    “It’s not the mother that bore you, but the one that feeds you that you love.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “Heaven and earth are grand; father and mother are venerable.”
    —Chinese proverb.