mother ship
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noun
a vessel or craft that services others operating far from a home port or center.
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Origin of mother ship
First recorded in 1885–90
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How to use mother ship in a sentence
Any discussion of Squaw Valley will eventually shift to KT-22 and its environs—“the Mothership,” in local parlance.
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One America News Network, New Conservative Cable Channel, Sets Launch|David Freedlander|March 14, 2013|DAILY BEASTWoman as she is everywhere where Christianity is not known, where the mothership of Mary is ignored.
Does the mothership of the earth have any real meaning to us?
The Holy Earth|L. H. Bailey
British Dictionary definitions for mother ship
mother ship
noun
a ship providing facilities and supplies for a number of small vessels
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