co-mother

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Definition of co-mother in English English dictionary

the relationship of a godmother to the other god-parents, and the legal parents, of a child

in polygamy, the relationship between one co-wife and another, in respect to their children

in polygamy, a wife of one's father who is not one's mother; that is, co-wife of one's mother

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

Synonyms

cummer, gossip, commère, stepmother, sister-wife

Etymology

() * com- +‎ mother, as calque of Latin commater, French commère

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