co-mother

Definitions

noun obsolete the relationship of a godmother to the other god-parents, and the legal parents, of a child.
noun in polygamy, a wife of one's father who is not one's mother; that is, co-wife of one's mother
noun in polygamy, the relationship between one co-wife and another, in respect to their children
noun 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

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Marci, my wonderful friend, soul sister, and “book co-mother”—we did it!

Love For No Reason Marci Shimoff 2010
Marci, my wonderful friend, soul sister, and “book co-mother”—we did it!

Love For No Reason Marci Shimoff 2010
And at 17, I became a co-mother, and that made it all come alive again.

WHO WERE THE WITCHES? Maggie Jochild 2007
In the 23rd hour of Tooba's cumulative testimony - exclusive of breaks and overnight recesses - here it is, the nut graph, the crux of the quadruple murder case against Tooba, her husband Mohammad Shafia and their son Hamed, in what the crown alleges was an Afghan honour killing'' of three teenage sisters and their co-mother, their bodies discovered June 30, 2009 in a Nissan Sentra submerged in the Kingston Mills Locks.

Thestar.com - Home Page Rosie DiManno 2012
Posted October 9th, 2008 by Michael Airhart fugitive from justice Lisa Miller continues to violate Virginia and Vermont court orders that she comply with the visitation rights of former partner and co-mother Janet Jenkins.

Truth Wins Out » Blog 2008
Dawn Wells, in case you didnâ€ ™ t already know, is the co-mother of the bar argument, which, at least indirectly, led to the creation of this here fine establishment.

Blog updates 2008