matron

About 1.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A mature or elderly woman, especially one of a higher social rank. A woman with the character of a mother or matriarch. A woman in charge of the domestic arrangements of an establishment or institution, especially, the nursing officer or chief nurse of a hospital.

   the matron of a school or hospital

2. noun A woman with the character of a mother or matriarch.
3. noun A woman in charge of the domestic arrangements of an establishment or institution, especially, the nursing officer or chief nurse of a hospital.

   the matron of a school or hospital

4. noun A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children.
5. noun A housekeeper, especially, a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution.
6. noun A female prison officer.

Similar words

head nurse madam madame mrs missus lady dowager nurse milady dame

Often followed by

of and in who was to had at with

Word family

matrons