matron
noun
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
matron-like
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a word derived from
matron.
Example Sentences
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Over-the-top, camp and butch, with heavy makeup, big hair and large gestures, the season's most flamboyant, matron-like men put on their drawers to tread the boards and make everything go pear-shaped.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
I took care accordingly, and was not a little pleased to see her enter the room with a decent and matron-like behaviour, which I thought very much became her.
From Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer by Sir Richard Steele
At Newport we took in a number of passengers, among which were two young women travelling together, and a sensible, matron-like Quaker lady, with her servants.
From Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical by Benjamin Franklin
At Newport we took in a number of passengers for New York, among which were two young women, companions, and a grave, sensible, matron-like Quaker woman, with her attendants.
From The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
She had gone out to the wood that morning, beaming and contented on her husband's arm, most matron-like, respectable in every fold.
From Invisible Links by Selma Lagerlöf
