matron
Example Sentences
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Seema cosplaying a garden society matron certainly isn’t the worst vision this show has served.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2025
She arrived for breakfast looking elegant in a black-and-white caftan, the picture of an Upper West Side matron, a matron without a sizable body count.
From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2024
Four months after she started work, the unit's matron became suspicious after a check on Nasir's nursing registration code showed she had qualified four years later than she stated on her application form.
From BBC • Jul. 16, 2024
She has been called the “godmother of stuntwomen” and “the grand matron of Hollywood stuntwomen,” working well past retirement age.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2024
The matron smiled at her and walked away.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.