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matron

[mey-truhn] / ˈmeɪ trən /


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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

Nice work if you could get it, I thought, imagining some youngish matron with a big house and nothing to do and a husband out of town on business all the time.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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