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Women entitled to dismiss English mothers (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dams

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'women' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.

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(Another definition for dams that I've seen is " game of draughts".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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