mother hen
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mother hen
noun mother hens
- A female chicken who bears eggs or chicks.
- An outspoken and overprotective woman or person dealing with others' affairs; especially, an assertive matriarch. Baela sends a letter by raven to her father Daemon spilling all the tea, and the news sends a now-pregnant Rhaenyra into mother-hen mode.
verb mother hens · mother henning · mother henned
- Alternative form of mother-hen Instead, the very "mother henning" implicit in their choice of "nurturance" over "intimacy" was what the they thought uniquely characterized their relationship to their child.
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noun overprotective woman
| Français | mère poule |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Glucke |
| Italiano | mamma chioccia |
| Русский | клу́ша klúša |
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@misc{mother_hen_2026,
title = {mother hen},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mother%20hen},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
