Usage of "mother country"

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One’s country of birth.

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These proceedings excited general horror in the mother country, and Charles II. 
 The Land We Live In / The Story of Our Country 

He was the first to advocate the separation from the mother country. 
 Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest 

Unquestionably, the origin of the evil is wholly with the mother country. 
 Lands of the Slave and the Free; Or, Cuba, the United States, an... 

All traffic between the discontented provinces and the mother country was interrupted. 
 Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 

The mother country cannot be roused to the importance of this step. 
 A Little Girl in Old Quebec 

Besides, they hated the Corcyraeans for their contempt of the mother country. 
 The History of the Peloponnesian War 

There were some difficulties with the mother country that men were discussing. 
 A Little Girl in Old Salem 

For a partnership between colony and mother country there were no precedents. 
 The Canadian Dominion: A Chronicle of Our Northern Neighbor 

We love, esteem, and reverence our mother country, and adore our King. 
 James Otis, the Pre-Revolutionist 

It is not France; it is better than the mother country. 
 The Grey Cloak 

The animosities of the Americans towards the mother country rapidly subsided. 
 James Otis, the Pre-Revolutionist 

The support of the colony was an incessant drain upon the mother country. 
 The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters 

She was in the position of a mother country whose colony has revolted. 
 The Coming of Bill 

In the mother country, however, the germ of reaction was always very strong. 
 History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 10 (o... 

Such was the struggle of our North American colonies against the mother country. 
 Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 

But this might not always be for the interest of the mother country. 
 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 

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