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The noun mother is a common noun, a word for a mother of anyone or anything.

A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or a title. It is appropriate to use mother as a proper noun, starting with a capital M, when used for a specific person that you call mother. Some other proper nouns for mother are:

  • Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu), aka Mother Teresa of Calcutta
  • Mother Vineyard Road, Manteo, NC
  • Mother Burger, West 49th Street, New York, NY
  • "Mother Wore Tights", 1949 movie with Betty Grable
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