Mother Carey

English

Etymology

Apparently from Latin mater cara (“precious mother”), which sometimes refers to the Virgin Mary.

Proper noun

Mother Carey

1. A supernatural figure personifying the cruel and threatening sea in the imagination of 18th- and 19th-century sailors.

Derived terms

• Mother Carey's chicken
• Mother Carey's children
• Mother Carey's goose
• Mother Carey's hen

Anagrams

• archeometry