momsn.
/mɒmz/, U.S. /mɑmz/ U.S. colloquial.
= mom n. 1.In quot. 1976, addressed ironically to a man.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun]
mothereOE
dame?c1225
merea1275
childbearera1382
genitricea1500
mammy1523
dama1547
mama1555
genetrix1561
mam1570
mum?1595
old lady1599
authoressc1603
mam1608
genitress1610
old woman1668
old girl1745
mummy1768
momma1810
madre1815
maw1826
ma1829
marm1835
mater1843
mom1846
mommy1846
maternal1867
motherkins1870
muvver1871
mumsy1876
mamacita1887
mutti1905
birth mother1906
duchess1909
amma1913
momsey1914
mums1915
moms1925
mata1945
baby-mother1966
mama1982
old dear1985
baby-mama1986
1925 W. Faulkner Let. 20 Feb. in Thinking of Home (1992) 185 What's the trouble, moms? I know something is wrong from your last letter.
1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues 47 Moms always used to make sugar sandwiches for me when I was a kid.
1976 N. Thornburg Cutter & Bone xi. 260 ‘Now, don't you fret, moms,’ he said.
1992 Premiere Jan. 101/1 Because of him and my Moms, Jacquelyn, I was introduced to the arts at a very young age.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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