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Matron

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1557, OED Evaluation: NA

a woman in charge of the domestic arrangements of a charitable institution.

ExampleMeaning
Yes, yes, yes we had um um I had two- th-- three friends up the street from where I lived and ah then another friend um her parents were the superintendent and matron of the County-Home, which was quite a ways out in those days.
a woman in charge of the domestic arrangements of a charitable institution.
No, no. My girlfriend's parents were the superintendent and matron and they ran the- the ah County-Home and.
a woman in charge of the domestic arrangements of a charitable institution.
ExampleMeaning
It was built in ah I’m only guessing but about nineteen-eleven, and my grandfather Bill put his- applied for the job and they called them matrons them days, like you’re the boss but you’re a matron.
a woman in charge of the domestic arrangements of a charitable institution.
ExampleMeaning
One of the older girls in grade thirteen had a boyfriend and his mother was a great friend of our matron.
a woman in charge of the domestic arrangements of a charitable institution.