matron

noun

ˈmā-trən How to pronounce matron (audio)
Definition of matronnext
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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Recent Examples of matron How did a young Upper East Side matron with a small daughter and a dormant career as an art historian get here? — Lisa Henricksson, Air Mail, 27 June 2026 The May 28 fire tore through a dormitory housing 202 students at the Utumishi Girls School in central Kenya, and students were forced to flee through a single doorway when the school matron failed to open an emergency exit. — ABC News, 23 June 2026 The matron on duty, Annie Leewright, booked the woman into jail. — Kevin Foster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026 As the movie begins, Armando takes shelter in a Recife safehouse, overseen by a cigarette-ripping matron called Dona Sebastiana and populated by refugees navigating their own unspecified troubles. — Michael Snyder, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for matron
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dowager
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  • The show’s underpinned by the differences in character and country of Lady Cora and her formidable mother-in-law, the dowager Countess Violet Crawley, played by the equally formidable and much missed Dame Maggie Smith.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 22 July 2025
  • The empress dowager’s legacy Empress Dowager Ling was largely unsuccessful in her bid for power.
    — Stephanie Balkwill, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of dowager

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“Matron.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/matron. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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