matriarch
Example Sentences
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The writer lived and worked in her childhood home in Jackson, Miss.—tending to her camellias, doting on her nieces and quietly presiding for many years as the matriarch of Southern letters.
Roberts, meanwhile, was the show’s matriarch on- and off-screen, known for making pots of soup in her dressing room and looking out for the cast.
From Los Angeles Times
Last year, a photo showing a Christian family in Pathanamthitta district smiling next to the casket of their dead matriarch went viral online as people debated the propriety of their demeanour.
From BBC
One of my favorite chapters is on Obama’s mother, Marian Robinson, wholly recognizable to me as a no-nonsense, forthright matriarch who made me smile every time she was on the page.
From Washington Post
After their matriarch is killed, her widow hires a private investigator to determine who among them is a murderer.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
