Matriarch

Word MATRIARCH
Character 9
Hyphenation ma tri arch
Pronunciations /ˈmeɪtɹɪˌɑːk/

Definitions and meanings of "Matriarch"

What do we mean by matriarch?

A woman who rules a family, clan, or tribe. noun

A woman who dominates a group or an activity. noun

A highly respected woman who is a mother. noun

The wife of a patriarch. noun

A woman who holds (to some extent or in some respect) in a family or tribe a position analogous to that of a patriarch. See matriarchy. noun

The mother and ruler of a family or of her descendants; a ruler by maternal right. noun

A woman who dominates or is the most important member of a group or organization; in businesses, often the founder or owner of the largest interest. noun

A venerated old woman. noun

A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group. noun

A female founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise. noun

A feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons) noun

A female head of a family or tribe noun

A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.

A female founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.

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The word "matriarch" in example sentences

The word matriarch could have been coined to describe my mother: now 89, she is the last living child of her parents, mother of five adult children, grandmother of 12 and has recently acquired three great-granddaughters. ❋ Emma Soames (2011)

But the matriarch is the glue that binds the entire family together and the inheritor of the late Jindal’s political constituency. ❋ Dinesh Narayanan (2010)

A surprised Southern matriarch is confronted by her family at an intervention .... ❋ Unknown (2010)

For the uninitiated, Joan Gussow is known as the matriarch of the local food movement. ❋ Leslie Hatfield (2011)

Anya Whitson, the matriarch, is Russian-born, cold and detached from her daughters, never showing love or affection. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Their matriarch is inside for similar offences but the remainder of the gang is active all over the city. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2008)

Zelda is known as the matriarch of New York's nightlife scene. ❋ Unknown (2012)

These are tears of sorrow that it has come to this, that the country’s matriarch is gone, and no one looms bright over the horizon to serve as the country’s guardian angel. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Click here to learn more about this action, called the Rachel Sabbath Initiative, named after the matriarch from the Hebrew Bible who died in childbirth. ❋ Rev. Debra Haffner (2011)

The rest of you, go with your so-called matriarch into the wilderness. ❋ Christie Golden (2010)

COOPER (voice over): She was called the matriarch of the movement. ❋ Unknown (2006)

She was known as the matriarch in that whole neighborhood. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Reaser, an Emmy Award nominee perhaps best known as the matriarch of the Cullen clan in the "Twilight" films, has been looking for a play to sink her teeth into and says "this is the role of a lifetime." ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2012)

But the matriarch is the glue that binds the entire family together and the inheritor of the late Jindal's political constituency. ❋ Dinesh Narayanan (2010)

To many music listeners, she's probably best known as the matriarch of the Wainwright clan. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I've thoroughly enjoyed my role as mom or aka matriarch! ❋ Unknown (2009)

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