mother ship

noun

: a ship serving smaller craft

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Supernal landscapes and the gigantic, palatial mother ship — with its combination of colonial, gothic, and neoclassical architecture — take viewers low and high, from the spiritual enigmas of Humanité to its carnal reality. Armond White, National Review, 14 Mar. 2025 The spin is not slated to be subject to a full-fledged regulatory process, as NBC and Telemundo and local stations are remaining with the mother ship at Comcast. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025 Comcast shareholders will also have stock in the new public company, but its results will not be part of the mother ship’s. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 28 Feb. 2025 The policy mandated that headquarters employees, especially executives, need to relocate to the company’s mother ship, based in Bentonville, Arkansas. Chris Westfall, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mother ship

Word History

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 19 Mar. 2025.

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