mater
British Informal. mother1.
the backing holding the movable parts of an astrolabe.
Origin of mater
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In 2009, James Stormer, who headed the department’s air-quality division, tapped connections at his alma mater, the University of Florida, to push the research forward by looking more closely at the emissions from cane burning.
“A Complete Failure of the State”: Authorities Didn’t Heed Researchers’ Calls to Study Health Effects of Burning Sugar Cane | by Lulu Ramadan, The Palm Beach Post | August 19, 2021 | ProPublicaDoherty was out after the following season — replaced by Williams, who finally couldn’t turn down his alma mater.
Coach K was bigger than Duke, and replacing him is a nearly impossible task | Barry Svrluga | June 4, 2021 | Washington PostIt was another homecoming of sorts, just down the road from his alma mater.
Dallas Needed A Spark Off The Bench. Tim Hardaway Jr. Has Been A Whole Generator. | Dorothy J. Gentry | May 28, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightIt’s possible Scott also gave to Princeton—the Bezoses gave their alma mater $15 million in 2011—but a spokesperson for the university declined to comment on whether Scott had donated any other funds.
MacKenzie Scott Gave Away $6 Billion Last Year. It's Not As Easy As It Sounds | Belinda Luscombe | May 25, 2021 | TimeThe actress behind Clair Huxtable is returning to her alma mater, as a dean.
Howard University names actress and alumna Phylicia Rashad as dean of College of Fine Arts | Keith L. Alexander | May 12, 2021 | Washington Post
For the first time since I put my acceptance letter in the mail, I woke up this morning ashamed of my alma mater.
He was disappointed to find out that his alma mater was not represented.
DINO Hunters Are Dreaming Hipster Dreams of the DNC in Brooklyn | David Freedlander | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd then there's Laurie (Amy Brenneman), the Garveys' mater familias.
‘The Leftovers’ Review: A Fever Dream You Can’t Wake Up From | Andrew Romano | June 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne suspects that the young men will not be hurtling back to their alma “step-mater” any time soon.
India Row Evokes Cricket’s Ultranationalist Tebbit Test | Tunku Varadarajan | March 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDo you know Richard Bargis, assistant professor of philosophy at your alma mater?
The Vulgate translates: “Et obviabit illi quasi mater honorificata, et quasi mulier a virginitate suscipiet illum.”
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayAmong these are "Medusa," a bronze bust; and a "mater Dolorosa," in terra-cotta.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementIn the group of coins here illustrated it will be noticed that the mater Deorum is conventionally throned upon a rock.
Archaic England | Harold BayleyThe mater has a herd of them—jolly little beasts, but a bit wicked, some of them.
Mary Gray | Katharine TynanThe dura mater should be carefully protected from injury as well as the pin.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine | James J. Walsh
British Dictionary definitions for mater
/ (ˈmeɪtə) /
British public school slang, often facetious a word for mother 1
Origin of mater
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