matriarch

matriarch

noun

Definition of MATRIARCH

a dignified usually elderly woman of some rank or authority <even though she was 87, the matriarch of the family knew everything that was going on>

Synonyms dame, dowager, grande dame, matron

Related Words grandam (or grandame); headmistress, mistress; materfamilias; ma, mama (also mamma or momma), mammy, mom, mother