The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mater \Ma"ter\, n. [L., mother. See Mother.] See Alma mater, Dura mater, and Pia mater. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mater n 1: an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously