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
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
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
But now, as Jean sat matron-like with her sewing, in front of her cottage, while her children played near, she wondered what "strange lady" could be coming along the path.
From Geordie's Tryst A Tale of Scottish Life by Mrs. Milne Rae
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
