mother superior

American

noun

the head of a Christian religious community for women.

mother superior British

noun

the head of a community of nuns

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

mother superiors

plural
mothers superior

plural

Etymology

Origin of mother superior

First recorded in 1905–10

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