Mother+country
11Mother Country (novel) — Mother Country (2002) is a novel by Libby Purves about a young American computer expert who goes in search of the relatives of his biological mother, a teenage heroin addict in 1970s London when she had him who was pronounced an unfit mother and… …
12mother country — country where one was born …
13mother country — noun the country where you were born (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑fatherland, ↑homeland, ↑motherland, ↑country of origin, ↑native land • Hypernyms: ↑country, ↑state, ↑ …
14mother country — noun Date: 1587 1. the country from which the people of a colony or former colony derive their origin 2. the country of one s parents or ancestors; also fatherland 3. a country that is the origin of something …
15mother country — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. motherland, native land, native country, homeland, old country; see also country 3 , nation 1 …
16mother country — 1. the country of one s birth or ancestry. 2. the country of origin of settlers or colonists in a place. [1580 90] * * * …
17mother country — moth′er coun try n. 1) the country of one s birth or ancestry 2) the country of origin of settlers or colonists in a place • Etymology: 1580–90 …
18mother country — noun The country in which a person (or group of people) was born; motherland, homeland …
19mother country — noun a country in relation to its colonies …
20mother country — noun (countable usually singular) the country where you were born …