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Matriarch

/ˈmeɪtɹɪˌɑːk/

A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.

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📖 Definitions of "Matriarch"

noun

1
A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.
2
A female founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.

🔄 Synonyms of "Matriarch"

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Word	Definition
grannynoun	(colloquial) A grandmother.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Matriarch"

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Word	Definition
grannynoun	(colloquial) A grandmother.
matriarchatenoun	A matriarchal system or community.
patriarchessnoun	A female patriarch; a woman with the role of patriarch.
matriciannoun	Pertaining to matrices
matriarchismnoun	Synonym of matriarchy.
den mothernoun	An adult (female) leader of a Cub Scout den.
patriarchnoun	(biblical) A male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
mothernoun	A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).
mother hennoun	(idiomatic) An outspoken and overprotective woman or person dealing with others' affairs; especially, an assertive matriarch.
materfamiliasnoun	The female head of a household.
matriarchynoun	A social system in which the mother is head of household, having authority over men and children, and lineage is traced through the female line.
mandriarchnoun	(rare) A leader or founder of a monastic order.
matriclannoun	(anthropology) A clan, with membership determined by matrilineal descent from a common ancestor.
grandmothernoun	A mother of someone's parent.
matronnoun	A woman in charge of the domestic arrangements of an establishment or institution, especially, the nursing officer or chief nurse of a hospital.
paterfamiliasnoun	A man who is the head of a household, family or tribe.
foremothernoun	A female ancestor.
eldmothernoun	(dialectal, now archaic) One's grandmother or other female ancestor, or one's mother-in-law.
matrilineagenoun	Lineage based upon the maternal line; a group of descendants related through a common female lineage.
mother figurenoun	One (especially an older woman) who behaves as, is regarded as equivalent to, or represents a mother for another person or group of people.