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A mother is a female parent.

Mother and similar may also refer to:

People

• Mary (mother of Jesus)
• Mirra Alfassa, also known as 'The Mother', a close spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo
• Mother Meera, a contemporary Hindu religious figure
• Mother (Improv), a New York-based improvisational comedy team

Books

• The Mother (book), about Mirra Alfassa
• Mother, the title of a book by Maxim Gorky

Film and television

• Mother (1926 film), directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin
• Mother (1952 film), directed by Mikio Naruse
• Mother (1996 film), starring Albert Brooks and Debbie Reynolds
• Mother (The Avengers), the code-name government official who gives orders in the The Avengers
• The computer of the Nostromo (spaceship) featured in the film Alien
• The Mother (film), 2003 film directed by Roger Michell
• "Mother", episode of the anime Fullmetal Alchemist

Music

• Mother (album), an album by British band Kubb
• The Mothers (band), the original name of the Mothers of Invention
• Mother (song) for various songs named "Mother"

Other uses

• Mother (energy drink)
• Mother's, a brand of kosher food products in the United States
• Mother (video game)
• The Mother (play) by Bertolt Brecht
• Mother of vinegar, a substance that develops on fermenting alcoholic liquids; it oxidizes alcohol to acetic acid
• Mothers, a club in Birmingham, England during the late 1960s and early 1970s
• The Mothers of Invention an American rock and roll band active from 1964 to 1975, linked with Frank Zappa.

Pronounced differently

• Mother, someone who studies moths, pronounced and sometimes written "moth-er"

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