/ˈmeɪtə/, /ˈmeɪtɚ/
OriginFrom Latin māter (“mother”), partly via Late Middle English matere. Doublet of mata and mother. Ancestor of matrix.
- British, archaic, humorous, slangMother.
“Their maters are all pals of my mater’s, and I don’t want to get them into trouble for aiding and abetting my little show, if you understand what I mean.”
““The mater will be delighted to see you again—after all those years,” he added.”
“And then there’s the mater! Poor old mater! She goes about on tiptoe; she’s always watching me and pretending she’s not watching me; I believe she would like to have everything padded with feather bed”
- A meninx; the dura mater, arachnoid mater, or pia mater of the brain.
- Someone or something that mates.
Formsmaters(plural) · matres(plural)