mother_country has definitions from the fields of government,geography
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[ noun ] (government,geography) the country where you were born

Used in print

(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)

Poor where they had once been rich , humbled where they had been arrogant , having no_longer any hope of sharing_in the leadership of the nation , the rebels who would not surrender in spirit drew comfort from the sympathy they felt extended to them by the mother_country .

Related terms

country old_country

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