materfamilias
[mey-ter-fuh-mil-ee-uh s]
noun
the mother of a family.
Origin of materfamilias
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Related Words for materfamilias
ancestor, antecedent, author, forerunner, founder, matriarch, originator, parent, patriarch, precursor, progenitor, relative, sire, ascendant, begetter, materfamilias, paterfamilias, primogenitor, procreatorExamples from the Web for materfamilias
Historical Examples of materfamilias
Materfamilias: "Where have you been all the morning, girls?"
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. III of IVCharles L. Graves
Materfamilias (just arrived at Shrimpville—the children had been down a month before).
Mr. Punch at the SeasideVarious
In England materfamilias is always complaining of servant difficulties.
How to be Happy Though MarriedE. J. Hardy.
Its chief importance is the prominence given to the materfamilias.
He was paterfamilias, she materfamilias; and the rooms assigned to her peculiar use were, as with us, the best in the house.
Caricature and Other Comic ArtJames Parton.
materfamilias
noun plural matresfamilias (ˌmeɪtreɪzfəˈmɪlɪˌæs)
Word Origin for materfamilias
C18: from Latin
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