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Mother of Parliaments

noun

  1. the Mother of Parliaments
    the British Parliament: the model and creator of many other Parliaments
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Mother of Parliaments1

C19: first used of England in 1865 by John Bright (1811–89), British Liberal statesman

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