co-mother (English, noun)
expansion: co-mother (plural co-mothers)
Senses:
glosses: The relationship of a godmother to the other god-parents, and the legal parents, of a child.
tags: obsolete
glosses: In polygamy, a wife of one's father who is not one's mother; that is, co-wife of one's mother.
glosses: In polygamy, the relationship between one co-wife and another, in respect to their children.
glosses: In a lesbian couple, the nonbirth mother (partner of the birth mother) of a child, especially one who takes an equal role in mothering the child.
Forms:
form: co-mothers
tags: plural
form: commother
tags: alternative