materfamilias

Other forms: materfamiliases

Definitions of materfamilias
  1. noun
    a female head of a family or tribe
    synonyms: matriarch
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    type of:
    head of household
    the head of a household or family or tribe
    adult female, woman
    an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
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