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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