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Definitions: Matron |
MatronNoun1. A married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified. 2. A wardress in a prison. 3. A woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "matron" was first used: sometime in the late 14th century. (references) |
Etymology: Matron \Ma"tron\, noun. [French expression matrone, from Latin expression matrona, from mater mother. See Mother.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Medicine | Responsible for the overali nursing care of patients in a whole hospital. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | Supervises nursing staff, attendants and cleaners, watches diets and drugs, interviews new female residents and relatives and is responsible for the physical health of the residents, keeping in touch with outside medical practitioners and ancillary workers in the health and welfare services (The Last Refuge). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: MatronSynonym: head nurse (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Friend | Best man, maid of honor, matron of honor. |
Marriage | Feme, feme coverte; squaw, lady; matron, matronage, matronhood; man and wife; wedded pair, Darby and Joan; spiritual wife. |
Woman | Dame, madam, madame, mistress, Mrs. lady, donna belle, matron, dowager, goody, gammer; Frau, frow, Vrouw, rani; good woman, good wife; squaw; wife. (marriage); matronage, matronhood. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Matron |
| English words defined with "matron": Matronage, Matronal, Matronhood, Matronize, Matronlike ♦ police matron. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "matron": charge nurse, China ♦ Himiltrude ♦ INCOMPATIBILITY ♦ theatre sister ♦ ward sister. (references) |
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Screenplays | Well Matron you can still use it on people who are a bit round the bend. (Carry on Doctor; writing credit: Talbot Rothwell) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Carry On Matron (1972) The Matron Stakes (1901) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Ship's Sponsor, Miss Marjorie Zane (right), at Zane's christening ceremonies at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 12 August 1919. She was the daughter of Major Randolph Talcott Zane, USMC, for whom the ship was named. Also present are her mother, Mrs. R.T. (Barbara) Zane (left), who was the Matron of Honor, and an unidentified Navy Captain.Credit: NAVY. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INCOMPATIBILITY, n. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination. Incompatibility may, however, consist of a meek-eyed matron living just around the corner. It has even been known to wear a moustache. |
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| "Matron" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 58.56% of the time. "Matron" is used about 362 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 58.56% | 212 | 20,813 |
| Noun (proper) | 41.44% | 150 | 25,701 |
| Total | 100.00% | 362 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "matron": matron of honor ♦ matron of honour ♦ police matron. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "matron": ex-matron. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
matron of honor | 54 |
matron of honor speech | 30 |
duty honor matron | 16 |
matron of honor toast | 9 |
dress honor matron | 7 |
honor maid matron | 7 |
matron | 6 |
gift for matron of honor | 6 |
free honor matron speech | 6 |
honor matron toast wedding | 5 |
matron nurse uniform | 3 |
honor matron responsibility | 3 |
grand matron worthy | 3 |
honor matron speech wedding | 2 |
carry on matron | 2 |
matron pvc | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "matron"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kryeinfermiere, grua e martuar (feme covert), ekonome, e ve (relict, widow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مديرة (directress, manageress, old woman), المراقبة العامة, القيمة أم البيت, العاملة في المستشفي, الرئيسة أم البيت, رئيسة الممرضات. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | старша медицинска сестра (sister), матрона, почтена омъжена жена, икономка (housekeeper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 婆 (grandmother, mother-in-law), 女舍監 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | matróna (dowager), vrchní sestra (head nurse), vdaná paní, vìzeòská dozorkyòe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | oversygeplejerske. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | intendante. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | intendantino. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مدیره (Dame), کدبانو (Dame, Housewife, Mistress), سرپرستار, زن خانه دار (Housewife), زن شوهردار, بانو (Dame, Gentlewoman, Lady, Madem, Mademe, Mistress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ylihoitaja (director of nursing service), ylihinta (director of nursing service, excessive price, exorbitant price), johtajatar (head, manageress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | matrone (matriarch, matronly person), directrice (manageress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | matrone (Dame), Oberin (mother superior). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προϊσταμένη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מטרו ", אחות ראשית, אם "בית (housemother), בעלת בית (hostess, housewife, landlady, mistress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | családanya (mother). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | matrona (matriarch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 刀自 (housekeeper, lady, mistress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | とうじ (at that time, chief brewer at a sake brewery, clay, formal reply, funeral address, governing, government, hot-spring cure, housekeeper, in those days, lady, libertine, matter under concern, message of condolence, mistress, reign, rule, taking the baths, winter solstice, words of condolence), とじ (housekeeper, lady, mistress, on one's way, uselessness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | matroon, ben voiroil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atronmay matrona (Dame, matriarchal), madre (main line, mother, purlin, rafter, scantling, stud, studding), enfermeira superior. (various references) matroanã (dowager), mamã de familie, vãduvã remãritatã, intendentã, femeie mãritatã (wife), doamnã respectabilã. (various references) матрона. (various references) matrona, nadzornica (forewoman). (various references) matrona (birth attendant, midwife). (various references) husmor (home-maker, housewife, house-wife, mistress, mother), fru (lady, madam, Madame, married woman, Mrs(misses), Mrs., wife). (various references) kadın yönetici, evli kadın (feme covert, married woman, squaw), başhemşire (charge nurse, head nurse), ana (basic, broad, capital, Cardinal, chief, fundamental, governing, grand, guiding, head, key, leading, main, main part, major, master, mother, parent, predominant, primary, principal, principle, staple). (various references) сестра-хазяйка, заміжня жінка, економка (economist, housekeeper, lady help). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | absaniae, anania, ananiae, ananiaeque, ananiam, ananias, aneni, anes, anus, mater, matre, matrem, matres, matri, matribus, matrique, matris, matrona, matrum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "matron": matronal, matronly, matrons, matronymic, matronymics. (additional references) | |
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"Matron" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ambron, Amron, Dmitrov, Jastrun, Jatrox, katergon, latroun, Mactro, Madron, madrone, Makron, makrong, Mantronik, Mantronix, mapron, Marjon, Maron, Marto, martom, marton, martor, Mataro, Materson, Mathon, maton, Mator, matra, matrin, matrom, matrona, matrox, Matton, mattonn, mauron, mavron, mentron, meron, Merron, meton, metron, meuron, migron, mitjorn, mitren, Montbron, Muiron, Namron, nitron, ratron. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "matron" (pronounced mā"trun) |
| 5 | -ā" t r u n | patron. |
| 4 | -t r u n | citron, doctrine, intron. |
| 3 | -r u n | apron, aspirin, Baron, barren, brethren, Buran, cauldron, Chevron, children, fibrin, foreign, garron, giron, grandchildren, heron, Marron, octahedron, perron, Philodendron, polyhedron, rhododendron, saffron, schoolchildren, siren, sovereign, sovran, squadron, stepchildren, tetrahedron, Warren. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-n-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: amort, manor, roman, toman, trona. | |
-2 letters: atom, mano, mart, moan, moat, mora, morn, mort, noma, norm, nota, rant, rato, roam, roan, rota, tarn, taro, tora, torn, tram. | |
-3 letters: ant, arm, art, man, mar, mat, moa, mon, mor, mot, nam, nom, nor, not, oar, oat, ora, ort, ram, ran, rat, rom, rot, tam, tan. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-n-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: dormant, formant, matrons, mordant, romaunt, tonearm, transom. | |
+2 letters: angstrom, animator, anteroom, emanator, formants, mandator, marathon, martagon, matronal, matronly, minatory, monetary, monocrat, monstera, mordants, mortmain, motorman, onstream, ornament, protamin, romantic, romaunts, routeman, stramony, tonearms, transoms. | |
+3 letters: adornment, angstroms, animators, anterooms, antitumor, astronomy, augmentor, barnstorm, bromating, brominate, chromatin, cormorant, cremation, damnatory, dominator, dynamotor, emanators, formation, important, inamorata, informant, laminator, magnetron, mandators, mandatory, manometer, manometry, manticore, marathons, marlstone, martagons, matrimony, mestranol, migration, momentary, monastery, monocrats, monsteras, mordanted, mordantly, morganite, mortaring, mortician, mortmains, mucronate, nanometer, neuromata, nominator, nonmarket, normality, normative, numerator, ornaments, oysterman, paramount, patrimony, patrolman, patrolmen, protamine, protamins, protonema, rainstorm, romantics, ruminator, sandstorm, sportsman, strongman, transform, treponema, trinomial. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 74 72 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- - .-. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01110100 01110010 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a t r o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0074 0072 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)476786848180 |
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