A female adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care.

The female chair (chairman, chairperson) or the female senior shop steward of a trade union chapel (branch) in UK printing and journalism.

(archaic) Naked as when born.

Synonym of mother tongue

plural of mother language

(idiomatic) A large number of people; most people.

A woman who is fiercely protective of one or more people in her care.

Thymus praecox, a variety of thyme.

(idiomatic) Serves as an intensifier for an inclusive noun or phrase such as everyone, anyone, each someone or all someones.

plural of mother-of-pearl