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ma·tron

   [mey-truhn]
noun
1.
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
2.
a woman who has charge of the domestic affairs of a hospital, prison, or other institution.
3.
a woman serving as a guard, warden, or attendant for women or girls, as in a prison.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English matrone < Latin mātrōna a married woman, wife, derivative of māter mother

Related forms
ma·tron·al  [mey-truh-nl, ma-] , adjective
ma·tron·hood, ma·tron·ship, noun
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matron
late 14c., "married woman" (usually one of rank), from O.Fr. matrone, from L. matrona "married woman," from mater (gen. matris) "mother." Sense of "female manager of school, hospital, etc." first recorded 1550s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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