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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin — more at mother Date: circa 1859 chiefly British mother

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Brit. sl. mother. Usage: Now only in jocular or affected use. Etymology: L

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mater Ma"ter, n. [L., mother. See Mother.] See Alma mater, Dura mater, and Pia mater.