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matriarch

noun
🔊/ˈmeɪtriɑːk/
🔊/ˈmeɪtriɑːrk/
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  1. a woman who is the head of a family or social group女家长；女族长 compare patriarchTopics Family and relationshipsc2
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin mater ‘mother’, on the false analogy of patriarch.