Meaning of mother ship | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A vessel, aircraft or spacecraft that serves or carries a smaller vessel or vessels that operate independently from it.
2. The main source or supporter of something.
   broadly
3. The largest vessel, especially a spaceship, in a fleet, from which the fleet is commanded; a flagship.
4. The largest and most fearsome example of something.
   broadly

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Examples

““Tragically the mothership of terrorism is a country in India’s neighbourhood,” Modi told a gathering in India of the heads of governments of the Brics countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.”

“SDCC is the mothership of all cons. It's enormous. It has the best stars.”

“These vices all feed the mothership of hubris, however, which several of the key characters demonstrate in ample measure.”

“Sephora is the “mothership of the modern-day beauty industry”, claims Greg Silverman, global director of brand economics at the marketing consultancy Interbrand.”

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