Mother's Day
English
Alternative forms
- Mothers' Day, Mothers Day (common misspellings or international variants, e.g. in France)
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.
Noun
Mother's Day (plural Mother's Days)
- (US, Canada) A day in honor of one's mother on the second Sunday in May in the United States and Canada.
- (UK and Ireland, informal) 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.
- Other similar holidays honoring mothers or one's mother in various countries.
Translations
a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
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