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   matron

   /ˈmeɪtr(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. a woman in charge of domestic and medical arrangements at a boarding school or other institution: British "she initiated training for matrons of residential homes"
   • ▪ the woman in charge of the nursing in a hospital (the official term is now senior nursing officer): British "she had been matron of a Belgian Hospital"
   • ▪ a female prison officer. US
   • 2. an older married woman, especially one who is staid or dignified: "respectable suburban matrons"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in matron (sense 2)): from Old French matrone, from Latin matrona, from mater, matr- ‘mother’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. matronhood noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   • R

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   • N

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