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Mother Hen

nounid 88491·updated May 18, 2026
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a person who cares for the needs of others (especially in an overprotective or interfering way)

polysemousMWE

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Mother Hens
possessive
Mother Hen's
pluralpossessive
Mother Hens'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a hen with chicks
§2
a person who cares for the needs of others (especially in an overprotective or interfering way)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
a person who cares for the needs of others (especially in an overprotective or interfering way)
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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