mother country
Definition of mother country
1 : the country of one's parents or ancestors; also : fatherland
2 : the country from which the people of a colony or former colony derive their origin
3 : a country that is the origin of something
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Examples of mother country in a Sentence
Greece can boast to being the mother country of democracy.
even after decades of living in their adopted nation, they maintained a strong attachment to the mother country
First Known Use of mother country
1567
MOTHER COUNTRY Defined for English Language Learners
mother country
Definition of mother country for English Language Learners
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: the country where people who live in a colony or former colony came from
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: the country where you were born or where your family came from
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