mother ship

noun

: a ship serving smaller craft

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Teevan remained at Microsoft while the mother ship blundered its way through the mobile era. Steven Levy, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024 After scaling back his onscreen duties, Harmon stepped down from NCIS in 2021 but remains an EP on the mother ship. Lynette Rice, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2024 The mother ship, the Polar Prince, then lost track of the vessel. Ray Sanchez and Graham Hurley, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024 The bogus transcript told of Titan informing its mother ship of a series of hull alarms, as well as reports of crackling noises. William J. Broad, New York Times, 10 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for mother ship 

Word History

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mother ship was in 1867

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“Mother ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mother%20ship. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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