motherlandn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌðəland/, U.S.

/ˈməðərˌlænd/,

/ˈməðərl(ə)n(d)/

Forms: see mother n.¹ and land n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mother n.¹, land n.¹

Etymology: < mother n.¹ + land n.¹ Compare Dutch moederland (18th cent.), German Mutterland (18th cent.).With sense 1a compare Middle French terre mere (c1483 or earlier), French terre maternelle (1835 or earlier).

a. The country of one's birth; one's native land.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [noun] > homeland or native land

kithc888

etheleOE

erdOE

homeOE

motherOE

fatherlandc1275

countrya1300

soila1400

countrywarda1425

motherland1565

mother country1567

patrie1581

native1604

homelanda1627

home country1707

patria1707

old country1751

the (old) sod1812

home birth1846

Vaterland1852

old sod1863

motherland1895

Bongo Bongo1911

sireland1922

1565 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc v. ii. sig. Eii^v Ne suffre you against the rules of kinde Your Mother Lande to serue a Forreine Prince.

a1750 A. Hill To his Muse in Wks. (1753) IV. 161 O muse!.. Try, if no clime is gentler, than thy own! Offer, on distant shores, a faithful hand, In vain, not useless, in thy mother land!

1801 S. W. H. Ireland Mutius Scævola v. i. 72 Soon with victory crown'd, and rich with spoils, Your mother land shall witness your return.

1828 T. Carlyle Burns in Edinb. Rev. Dec. 289 Our own stern Motherland [sc. Scotland].

1881 R. C. Praed Policy & Passion II. 246 The longing for one's motherland.

1916 A. Besant in Dict. National Biogr. (1949) at Besant, Annie An Indian tomtom waking all the sleepers so that they may work for their Motherland.

1969 Reporter (Nairobi) 13 June 36/4 This new spirit of the Masai is exemplified by 700 Masai families who migrated from their motherland some years ago.

1981 N. Farah Sardines ii. 25 She could have the opportunity to represent her motherland at the Africa-Comecon Meet.

b. A country in relation to its colonies or dependencies; the country from which the founders of a colony came; = mother country n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > aggregate of sovereign states under one rule > mother country in relation to colonies

metropolisa1568

home country1707

mother country1732

metropole1803

motherland1835

1835 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 457 We pique ourselves, here in New England upon knowing at least as much of what is going on in the literary way in the old Dutch mother-land, as our brethren of the fast-anchored Isle.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 40 The wayfarer from the misty mother-lands.

1905 N.Z. Truth 12 Aug. 2 The Old Country..the Motherland.

1924 F. J. Mills Happy Days 131 They were for the moment, at home—to some a palace in the Motherland..to many a hut somewhere in the great heart of Australia.

1991 Amer. Hist. Rev. 96 771 Enthusiasm for Siberia's potential gave way to an all-pervading cynicism about the value of the colony to its motherland.

c. The country of one's ancestors; the homeland of one's ethnic group.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [noun] > homeland or native land

kithc888

etheleOE

erdOE

homeOE

motherOE

fatherlandc1275

countrya1300

soila1400

countrywarda1425

motherland1565

mother country1567

patrie1581

native1604

homelanda1627

home country1707

patria1707

old country1751

the (old) sod1812

home birth1846

Vaterland1852

old sod1863

motherland1895

Bongo Bongo1911

sireland1922

1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. (at cited word) Motherland, the land of one's ancestors.

1933 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 18 89 Ethnologically it [sc. Africa] may be their motherland, but race-consciously it exercises a weaker appeal than Italy does to a fifth generation scion of Rome.

1973 Black World May 38/2 Nothing can diminish the fact that all communications between those held captive and the ‘Motherland’ were severed when the slave ships set sail.

1981 M. Angelou Heart of Woman viii. 106 He said the spirit of Africa lives, but it is most vital in its descendants who have been struggling away from the motherland.

2000 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 10 Dec. 35 She speaks Greek fluently and has visited her motherland 18 times.

†2. A country as the source or producer of something. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > place of production or creation > country as

motherland1711

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. i. 42 It happen'd of old in [Egypt] this Mother-Land of Superstition.

1829 R. Southey Inscriptions Caledonian Canal i, in A. Cunningham Anniversary 195 Egypt, mother-land of all the arts.

1846 C. G. Prowett tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound 53 Scythia was to the Greeks the mother-land of iron.

1895 C. G. Leland Legends of Florence 207 India, the mother-land of Greek and Roman mythology.

Compounds

Motherland Party n. [ < motherland n. + party n., after Turkish Anavatan Partisi] a Turkish centre-right political party, founded in 1983 following Turkey's constitutional and electoral reforms of 1982, and elected to government under the leadership of Turgut Özal in that year.

ΚΠ

1983 Financial Times (Nexis) 21 May i. 2 Three political parties were founded in Ankara yesterday... Mr Turgut Ozal, a former Deputy Prime Minister, set up the Motherland Party.

1993 Economist 24 Apr. 48/2 October 1991, when the Motherland Party, which Mr Ozal had founded, was defeated.

1999 Scotsman 20 Apr. 9/7 [The Nationalist Action Party] also won votes from Turkey's two centre-right parties, the Motherland Party headed by Mesut Yilmaz and the True Path Party led by Tansu Ciller.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	motherland
释义	motherlandn. Brit. /ˈmʌðəland/, U.S. /ˈməðərˌlænd/, /ˈməðərl(ə)n(d)/ Forms: see mother n.¹ and land n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mother n.¹, land n.¹ Etymology: < mother n.¹ + land n.¹ Compare Dutch moederland (18th cent.), German Mutterland (18th cent.).With sense 1a compare Middle French terre mere (c1483 or earlier), French terre maternelle (1835 or earlier). 1. a. The country of one's birth; one's native land. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [noun] > homeland or native land kithc888 etheleOE erdOE homeOE motherOE fatherlandc1275 countrya1300 soila1400 countrywarda1425 motherland1565 mother country1567 patrie1581 native1604 homelanda1627 home country1707 patria1707 old country1751 the (old) sod1812 home birth1846 Vaterland1852 old sod1863 motherland1895 Bongo Bongo1911 sireland1922 1565 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc v. ii. sig. Eii^v Ne suffre you against the rules of kinde Your Mother Lande to serue a Forreine Prince. a1750 A. Hill To his Muse in Wks. (1753) IV. 161 O muse!.. Try, if no clime is gentler, than thy own! Offer, on distant shores, a faithful hand, In vain, not useless, in thy mother land! 1801 S. W. H. Ireland Mutius Scævola v. i. 72 Soon with victory crown'd, and rich with spoils, Your mother land shall witness your return. 1828 T. Carlyle Burns in Edinb. Rev. Dec. 289 Our own stern Motherland [sc. Scotland]. 1881 R. C. Praed Policy & Passion II. 246 The longing for one's motherland. 1916 A. Besant in Dict. National Biogr. (1949) at Besant, Annie An Indian tomtom waking all the sleepers so that they may work for their Motherland. 1969 Reporter (Nairobi) 13 June 36/4 This new spirit of the Masai is exemplified by 700 Masai families who migrated from their motherland some years ago. 1981 N. Farah Sardines ii. 25 She could have the opportunity to represent her motherland at the Africa-Comecon Meet. b. A country in relation to its colonies or dependencies; the country from which the founders of a colony came; = mother country n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > aggregate of sovereign states under one rule > mother country in relation to colonies metropolisa1568 home country1707 mother country1732 metropole1803 motherland1835 1835 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 457 We pique ourselves, here in New England upon knowing at least as much of what is going on in the literary way in the old Dutch mother-land, as our brethren of the fast-anchored Isle. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 40 The wayfarer from the misty mother-lands. 1905 N.Z. Truth 12 Aug. 2 The Old Country..the Motherland. 1924 F. J. Mills Happy Days 131 They were for the moment, at home—to some a palace in the Motherland..to many a hut somewhere in the great heart of Australia. 1991 Amer. Hist. Rev. 96 771 Enthusiasm for Siberia's potential gave way to an all-pervading cynicism about the value of the colony to its motherland. c. The country of one's ancestors; the homeland of one's ethnic group. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [noun] > homeland or native land kithc888 etheleOE erdOE homeOE motherOE fatherlandc1275 countrya1300 soila1400 countrywarda1425 motherland1565 mother country1567 patrie1581 native1604 homelanda1627 home country1707 patria1707 old country1751 the (old) sod1812 home birth1846 Vaterland1852 old sod1863 motherland1895 Bongo Bongo1911 sireland1922 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. (at cited word) Motherland, the land of one's ancestors. 1933 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 18 89 Ethnologically it [sc. Africa] may be their motherland, but race-consciously it exercises a weaker appeal than Italy does to a fifth generation scion of Rome. 1973 Black World May 38/2 Nothing can diminish the fact that all communications between those held captive and the ‘Motherland’ were severed when the slave ships set sail. 1981 M. Angelou Heart of Woman viii. 106 He said the spirit of Africa lives, but it is most vital in its descendants who have been struggling away from the motherland. 2000 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 10 Dec. 35 She speaks Greek fluently and has visited her motherland 18 times. †2. A country as the source or producer of something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > place of production or creation > country as motherland1711 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. i. 42 It happen'd of old in [Egypt] this Mother-Land of Superstition. 1829 R. Southey Inscriptions Caledonian Canal i, in A. Cunningham Anniversary 195 Egypt, mother-land of all the arts. 1846 C. G. Prowett tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound 53 Scythia was to the Greeks the mother-land of iron. 1895 C. G. Leland Legends of Florence 207 India, the mother-land of Greek and Roman mythology. Compounds Motherland Party n. [ < motherland n. + party n., after Turkish Anavatan Partisi] a Turkish centre-right political party, founded in 1983 following Turkey's constitutional and electoral reforms of 1982, and elected to government under the leadership of Turgut Özal in that year. ΚΠ 1983 Financial Times (Nexis) 21 May i. 2 Three political parties were founded in Ankara yesterday... Mr Turgut Ozal, a former Deputy Prime Minister, set up the Motherland Party. 1993 Economist 24 Apr. 48/2 October 1991, when the Motherland Party, which Mr Ozal had founded, was defeated. 1999 Scotsman 20 Apr. 9/7 [The Nationalist Action Party] also won votes from Turkey's two centre-right parties, the Motherland Party headed by Mesut Yilmaz and the True Path Party led by Tansu Ciller. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1565
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