"gold star mother" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gold star mothers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=gold star mother}} gold star mother (plural gold star mothers)
  1. (US military) the mother of a member of the U.S. armed forces who was killed in action Tags: US Categories (topical): Military Related terms: blue star mother, gold star family, gold star father, gold star parent, gold star wife, Gold Star
    Sense id: en-gold_star_mother-en-noun-OnwsJwqt Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

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