1. A woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
   "the female parent of three children";
   - mother, ma [informal], mama [informal], mamma [informal], mom [N. Amer, informal], momma [N. Amer, informal], mommy [N. Amer, informal], mammy [informal], mum [Brit, informal], mummy [informal], mumma [informal], mam [UK, informal], mater [UK, archaic, informal], supermom [informal]

Derived forms: female parents

Type of: parent

Antonym: male parent