Mother's Day
USMUTH-urz day/ˈmʌðɚz ˌdeɪ/UKMUTH-uhz day/ˈmʌðəz ˌdeɪ/
PluralMother's Days
- 1A special day to honor your mother, held in the United States and Canada on the second Sunday in May.
It is like a birthday, but it celebrates mothers.
We always cook breakfast for Mom on Mother's Day.
The kids made cards to give their grandma for Mother's Day.
- 2A day in other countries when people honor mothers.
People in many countries enjoy Mother's Day with their families.
In some places, Mother's Day falls in a different month than in America.
- 3In Britain, a day to honor mothers held three weeks before Easter.
In Britain, children often pick flowers for their mum on Mother's Day.
British families go to church together on Mother's Day in spring.
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Origin
The name comes from Anna Jarvis, who worked to create the day in the early 1900s. She wanted the singular spelling so each person would think of their own mother.