mater

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
mater
    n 1: an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes
         used by British schoolboys or used facetiously
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mater \Ma"ter\, n. [L., mother. See {Mother}.]
   See {Alma mater}, {Dura mater}, and {Pia mater}.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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