angel mom

noun

A mother whose child has died.

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Meanings

nounangel mom (plural angel moms)

plural angel moms

  1. USeuphemisticinformalA mother whose child has died.

    A fellow angel mom who lost her angel baby many years ago once told me that it was best to not talk about our stillborn children with others, others outside of our circle.

    2013, Carson's Gifts: A Journey Through Love, Loss and Finally Hope, CreateSpace, page 110
    1. USeuphemisticinformalspecificallyright-wing politicsA mother whose child was killed by an illegal immigrant.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see angel, mom.

    After we talked about it, we decided to call her Angel Mom. She became Angel Mom to us, and she really was like an angel.

    2009, Reva Jean Rohe, Adventures of Tomtom the Duck, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 10

Origin

From the sentiment that a mother's child has gone to heaven and is now an angel. In 2000 the organization Angel Moms was founded, a group of mothers whose children had died, not limited to a specific cause. In the second sense the term was introduced by Donald Trump on August 31, 2016 at the end of a speech about illegal immigration. He invited mothers whose children had been killed by illegal immigrants to speak on stage and share their experiences.

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Chicago

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