matron
[noun]
Synonyms: matriarch, dame, dowager, grande dame

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ma‧tron /ˈmeɪtrən/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: matrone, from Latin matrona, from mater 'mother']

1. literary an older married woman

2. British English old-fashioned a nurse who is in charge of the other nurses in a hospital

3. British English a woman who works as a nurse in a private school

4. American English a woman who is in charge of women and children in a school or prison

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