subs. (colloquial).—A mother; THE OLD WOMAN (q.v.). Fr. la maternelle.
1859. G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.
1883. M. E. BRADDON, The Golden Calf, vi. The pater and MATER are away … so we can have things all our own way.
subs. (colloquial).—A mother; THE OLD WOMAN (q.v.). Fr. la maternelle.
1859. G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.
1883. M. E. BRADDON, The Golden Calf, vi. The pater and MATER are away … so we can have things all our own way.
