den mother

1. 1.

   someone who plays the role of a den mother

   “he serves as den mother to all the freshmen in this dormitory”

   “she's the den mother to new secretaries”

   Broadersupervisor
2. 2.

   a woman who supervises a den of Cub Scouts

   Broaderchaperon

Questions about den mother

What does den mother mean?

den mother means "someone who plays the role of a den mother". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is den mother a common word?

den mother is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.