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How to pronounce matriarch in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms materfamilias
Type of adult female, head of household, woman
Type Words
Type of adult female, woman

Examples of matriarch

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Leo is a tiger as the matriarch who rules the family with fear and intimidation.
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Deneuve is the curiously calm matriarch and least neurotic member of this brood.
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Early on, only Katy Sagal, as the matriarch of the club, has any real resonance.
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The family's noble matriarch still puts out fresh flowers for her many visitors.
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The family matriarch also said no one talked about terrorism in their household.
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One family matriarch and two newborn babies, not even a week old yet, are gone.
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Mrs. Krueger passed away the same day as another Palatine matriarch was buried.
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Sonia Gandhi, the matriarch holding the real power in Congress, has been away ill.
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I am a strong matriarch, but this isn't something you expect to have to deal with.
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More examples
  • A female head of a family or tribe
  • A feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons)
  • (matriarchate) matriarchy: a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line
  • Matriarchy (also gynecocracy) refers to a gynecocentric form of society, in which the leading role is taken by the women and especially by the mothers of a community.
  • Matriarch is the third album by Five Star Prison Cell, a mathcore band from Melbourne, Australia. It was recorded in 2010 at Sing Sing South Studios in Prahran, Victoria, Australia. ...
  • Matriarch is a science-fiction novel by Karen Traviss published in September, 2006. It is the fourth book in the Wess'Har Series, following The World Before and preceding Ally.
  • Matriarchs may refer to:
  • 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
  • (Matriarchate) A society, a social group, or organization which is dominated by women.