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mother's day

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables
moth-er's -day
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A day in honor of one's mother on the second Sunday in May in the United States and Canada.

Canadian usage; American usage

noun

Synonym of Mothering Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Lent, a moveable feast three weeks before Easter, used as a day in honor of mothers in some Commonwealth countries.

British usage; Informal

noun

Other similar holidays honoring mothers or one's mother in various countries.

Etymology

From Anna Jarvis's campaign in the early 20th century, which insisted on using a singular spelling in order to associate the day with observants' particular mothers.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Mother's Days (plural) Mothers' Day (alternative) Mothers Day (alternative)

Phrases

Father's Day

Frequently Paired Words

Father's Day

Synonyms

Mothering Sunday

Questions

What does mother's day mean?
A day in honor of one's mother on the second Sunday in May in the United States and Canada.
Where does mother's day come from?
From Anna Jarvis's campaign in the early 20th century, which insisted on using a singular spelling in order to associate the day with observants' particular mothers.

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