co-mother

English

noun
Definitions
  • (obsolete) The relationship of a godmother to the other god-parents, and the legal parents, of a child.
  • In polygamy, a wife of one's father who is not one's mother; that is, co-wife of one's mother.
  • In polygamy, the relationship between one co-wife and another, in respect to their children.
  • In a lesbian couple, the nonbirth mother (partner of the birth mother) of a child, especially one who takes an equal role in mothering the child.

Etymology

Prefix from English mother (fermented culture).

Origin

English

mother

Gloss

fermented culture

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