matron
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ma·tron /ˈmeɪtrən/ noun [countable] 1. WOMANMARRY literary an older married woman 主妇，上年纪的已婚女人2. British English old-fashionedMH a nurse who is in charge of the other nurses in a hospital 护士长3. British EnglishSES a woman who works as a nurse in a private school 〔私立学校的〕女护士4. American EnglishSCSE a woman who is in charge of women and children in a school or prison 〔学校的〕女总管；〔监狱的〕女看守
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matron• The woman grabbed one arm, a matron the other.• Mr. and Mrs. Dawes were the acting master and matron, and they were not universally popular.• At Café Europa, society matrons sip coffee after shopping.• Her husband had died in California in 1849, while Farnham worked on prison reform as the matron of Sing-Sing.• He searched the clothes and sacks of the boys, the matrons those of the girls.• The Tanganyika Two nurses were to meet the matron to whom they had been assigned.Origin matron (1300-1400) French matrone, from Latin matrona, from mater “mother”ma·tron nounChineseSyllable
an Corpus married older woman
matron
ma‧tron /ˈmeɪtrən/
noun [countable]
2. British English old-fashioned a nurse who is in charge of the other nurses in a hospital
3. British English a woman who works as a nurse in a private school
4. American English a woman who is in charge of women and children in a school or prison
ma‧tron /ˈmeɪtrən/
noun [countable] Date: 1300-1400
Language: French
Origin: matrone, from Latin matrona, from mater 'mother'
1. literary an older married womanLanguage: French
Origin: matrone, from Latin matrona, from mater 'mother'
2. British English old-fashioned a nurse who is in charge of the other nurses in a hospital
3. British English a woman who works as a nurse in a private school
4. American English a woman who is in charge of women and children in a school or prison
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