a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child
a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies