English Explanatory Dictionary

materfamilias

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The female head of a household.

Word forms

materfamilias materfamiliases matresfamilias

Etymology

From Latin māter familiās (“mother of the household”).

Synonyms

matriarch
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