English dictionary

matriarch

/'m/eI/tr/i/,/A/rk/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a female head of a family or tribe

noun.person

Synonyms materfamilias

Source: WordNet 3.0
a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons)

noun.person

Source: WordNet 3.0
The mother and ruler of a family or of her descendants; a ruler by maternal right.

noun

Source: webster1913