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noun

the country of one's birth or ancestry.

the country of origin of settlers or colonists in a place.

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Origin of mother country

First recorded in 1580–90

Words nearby mother country

motherboard, Mother Carey's chicken, mother cell, mother church, Mother City, mother country, mother earth, motherese, mother figure, motherfucker, Mother Goddess

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How to use mother country in a sentence

Once the mother country itself became “haughty and proud,” bent on “enslaving us all,” Americans knew all too well what they needed to do.
Before July 4, American colonists celebrated Pope’s Day — an anti-Catholic rallying cry|Grant Stanton|July 2, 2021|Washington Post
True, the colonies lacked the extremes of wealth and poverty to be seen in the mother country.
David's Book Club: The Radicalism of the American Revolution & The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin|David Frum|February 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
All but one of the shortlisted six (Coetzee being the exception) hailed from the mother country.
Mantel Books the Booker|John Sutherland|October 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST
In that case the mother country would be only too glad to withdraw her troops, of which indeed she had none too many.
The Eve of the Revolution|Carl Becker

“Back to the land” is a question there of as much if not greater moment than in the Mother Country.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Thus, the breach between the American colonies and the mother country became wider as time passed.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
For it is to be observed that the whole question was between the mother country and the colony.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
It was not only in the mother country that frightful acts of bigotry and lust for wealth were enacted.
Spanish Life in Town and Country|L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street

British Dictionary definitions for mother country

mother country

noun

the original country of colonists or settlers

another term for fatherland

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mother country

Origin of mother country

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British Dictionary definitions for mother country