matron
noun
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
matronal
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a word derived from
matron.
Example Sentences
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On the shafts they sunk channels, which bear a resemblance to the folds of a matronal garment.
From The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc by Thomas De Quincey
She held the matronal office until health no longer permitted.
From Fifteen Years with the Outcast by Fflorens Roberts
What has my fair 'kinswoman' inherited from her matronal progenitor besides her features and carriage, and these sloping, slender Italian characters, I wonder?
From Jessamine A Novel by Marion Harland
She was one of the few surviving representatives of that matronal dignity and virtue which beautified the austerity of the earlier days of the Republic.
From Roman Women by Alfred Brittain
