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den mother

–noun
1. (in the Boy Scouts) a woman who serves as an adult leader or supervisor of a cub scout den.
2. Informal. a woman who serves as an adviser or protector to a group of people.
Compare den father.


Origin:
1945–50
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den mother  
n.  A woman who supervises a den of Cub Scouts.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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