1) Boarding school figure 2) Dignified lady 3) Dowager 4) Female attendant 5) Female guard 6) Female prison guard 7) Female prison official 8) French word used in English 9) Grande dame 10) Head female 11) Headmistress 12) Housemother 13) Married woman 14) Mature married woman 15) Nursing officer 16) Prison employee
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1) Dame
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Matron is the job title of a very senior nurse in several countries, including the United Kingdom, its former colonies, and also the Republic of Ireland, although the title Clinical Nurse Manager has become acceptable as an alternative. ==History== The word `matron` is derived from the Latin for `mother`, via French. The matron was once the mo...
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• (n.) A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital. • (n.) A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.
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1. A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners. 'Your wives, your daughters, Your matrons, and your maids.' (Shak) 'Grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother.' (Fuller) ... 2. A housekeeper; especially, a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instut...
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Ma'tron noun [ French matrone , Latin matrona , from mater mother. See Mother .] 1. A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners. « Your wives, your daughters, Your matrons , and your maids.»
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A married woman, generally an elderly married woman.By the laws of England, when a widow feigns herself with child, in order to exclude the next heir, and a supposititious birth is expected, then, upon the writ de ventre inspiciendo, a jury of women is to be impanneled to try the question, whether with child or not. So when a woman was sentenced to...
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n] - a wardress in a prison 2. [n] - a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution 3. [n] - a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified
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matron, matronly A woman, especially a married woman of middle age or later, who has had children and is thought of as being mature, sensible, and of good social standing.
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noun a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution
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noun a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified
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a married woman who is staid and dignified
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