GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found one definition

1.       
   Matron , n. [F. matrone, L. matrona, fr. mater mother. See Mother.]
   A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.
   1913 Webster
   Your wives, your daughters,
   Your matrons, and your maids.
   Shak.
   
   1913 Webster
   Grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother.
   Fuller.
   
   1913 Webster
   A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital.
   1913 Webster
   Jury of matrons (Law), a jury of experienced women called to determine the question of pregnancy when set up in bar of execution, and for other cognate purposes.
   1913 Webster