Mother (disambiguation)
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The primary use of the word "mother" is to refer to a biological or social female parent, for which see Mother. The word is also used in the following ways:
- as a metaphor:
- source or creator, as in the phrase "Necessity is the mother of invention", or "mother country" in reference to a colony;
- precursor, as in mother of pearl;
- superior in hierarchy, as in "mother ship";
- first in a person's life, as in mother tongue;
- main or primary, as in motherboard and the "mother of all wars".
- in Christianity, a title or form of address for an abbess or a female priest
- Mother (neopaganism)
- Mother of vinegar
- Mother (Pink Floyd song) of the album The Wall
- The Mother is the title of Mirra Alfassa, Sri Aurobindo's spiritual partner.
- Mother (video game)- A video game released only in Japan, considered a prequel to EarthBound.
- the title of two movies, Mother (1926 film), and Mother (1996 film).
- Mother - Album by British band Kubb
- Various songs with the name "Mother"
- "Mother (The Avengers)" is the code-name for the wheelchair-bound male British government official who gives John Steed and Tara King orders in the last season of the TV series The Avengers, as well as to Steed and Emma Peel in the 1998 film The Avengers based on the series.
- Mother is also the name of the computer of the starship Nostromo featured in the movie Alien
- Mother (Fullmetal Alchemist episode) is an episode of Fullmetal Alchemist.
