co-mother
co-mother · co-mothers
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In polygamy, a wife of one's father who is not one's motherIn polygamy, a wife of one's father who is not one's mother; that is, co-wife of one's mother.
Meaning
4 sensesIn polygamy, a wife of one's father who is not one's mother; that is, co-wife of one's mother.
In polygamy, the relationship between one co-wife and another, in respect to their children.
In a lesbian couple, the nonbirth mother (partner of the birth mother) of a child, especially one who takes an equal role in mothering the child.
(obsolete)The relationship of a godmother to the other god-parents, and the legal parents, of a child.
Origin
* com- + mother, as calque of Latin commater, French commère.* com- + mother, as calque of Latin commater, French commère.
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