matriarch[noun]Synonyms: dame, dowager, grande dame, matron
Related Words: materfamilias,
mother [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ma‧tri‧arch /ˈmeɪtriɑːk $ -ɑːrk/
noun [countable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Origin: matri- + -arch (as in patriarch)]
a woman, especially an older woman, who controls a family or a social group ⇒
patriarch [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲