Usually means: Protective, caring leader of group.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word mother hen:

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  1. mother hen: Merriam-Webster
  2. mother hen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mother hen: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. mother hen: Collins English Dictionary
  5. mother hen: Vocabulary.com
  6. mother-hen: Wordnik
  7. mother-hen, mother hen: Wiktionary
  8. mother hen: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. mother hen: Dictionary.com
  10. mother hen: Rhymezone
  11. mother hen: FreeDictionary.org
  12. mother hen: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. mother hen: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mother hen: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mother hen)

noun:  (literally) A female chicken who bears eggs or chicks.
noun:  (idiomatic) An outspoken and overprotective woman or person dealing with others' affairs; especially, an assertive matriarch.
verb:  Alternative form of mother-hen [(transitive, intransitive) To behave in an overprotective or extremely nurturing manner (towards).]

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