as in dowager
a dignified usually elderly woman of some rank or authority
the matron firmly ordered the rowdy little boys back to their seats
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Photos in front of the pulpit captured West’s her childhood and youthful beauty as well as the elegant matron who would come to be called Mother Rose by both her family and many students at her alma mater, Sacramento High School.
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Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
This sparked a national debate with doctors, riding-club officials, legislators, animal-welfare advocates, and society matrons voicing their opinions on women openly straddling bikes and horses in public.
—Rebecca Scofield / Made By History, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
The two-year-old daughter of the steward and the matron, who were married, scampered around the wards and played with the residents.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Half a dozen of the boldest ones took it upon themselves to defy the steward and the matron, and to circumvent the gatehouse guards, who were ostensibly there to prevent undesirable visitors.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
This sparked a national debate with doctors, riding-club officials, legislators, animal-welfare advocates, and society matrons voicing their opinions on women openly straddling bikes and horses in public.
—Rebecca Scofield / Made By History, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
The two-year-old daughter of the steward and the matron, who were married, scampered around the wards and played with the residents.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Half a dozen of the boldest ones took it upon themselves to defy the steward and the matron, and to circumvent the gatehouse guards, who were ostensibly there to prevent undesirable visitors.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for matron
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“Matron.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/matron. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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