Matriarch

Definition: Matriarch

Matriarch

Noun

1. An old woman.

Etymology: Matriarch \Ma"tri*arch\, noun. [Latin expression mater mother -arch.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Matriarch

Synonym: granny (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Matriarch

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A matriarch is a mother or another head of the family who happens to be a female. The term is usually applied to the oldest female in an extended family, who by virtue of her position as such has a degree of authority over family affairs.

Crosswords: Matriarch

Non-English Usage: "Matriarch" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Romanian (matriarch).

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Commercial Usage: Matriarch

Domain	Title
Books	Barbara Bush: Matriarch of a Dynasty [LARGE PRINT] (reference) Matriarch of Conspiracy: Ruth Von Kleist, 1867-1945 (reference) Of Virtue Rare: Margaret Beaufort, Matriarch of the House of Tudor (reference) Sarah the Priestess: The First Matriarch of Genesis (reference) Shining and free, a day in the life of the matriarch (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Matriarch (reference) Matriarch of the Blues (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Matriarch

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Usage Frequency: Matriarch

"Matriarch" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.74% of the time. "Matriarch" is used about 19 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)	94.74%	18	82,615
Noun (proper)	5.26%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	19	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Matriarch

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
matriarch	30
dallas matriarch	25
kennedy matriarch	11
matriarch mt olympus	3
dallas matriarch tv	2
dallas matriarch show tv	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Matriarch

Language		Translations for "matriarch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏الأم الحاكمة. (various references)

Farsi		مادر (Mother, Mum, Stepmother), رءیسه خانواده . (various references)

French		matrone (matron, matronly person), femme chef de tribu, femme chef de la famille. (various references)

German		mutterrechtlich (matriarchal). (various references)

Greek		γυναίκα αρχηγόσ οικογένειασ ή φυλήσ. (various references)

Hebrew		אם ק�"ומ�", אם (ancestress, if, in case, mother, on condition, providing, supposing, whether, womb). (various references)

Hungarian		matriarcha. (various references)

Italian		matrona (matron), donna che predomina in una famiglia. (various references)

Manx		moir-reilleyder. (various references)

Pig Latin		atriarchmay

Portuguese		matriarca, matrás. (various references)

Romanian		matriarch. (various references)

Russian		мать (mater, mother). (various references)

Spanish		matriarca. (various references)

Swedish		matriark (matrarch). (various references)

Turkish		maderşahi, kabile reisi kadın, aile reisi kadın (materfamilias). (various references)

Ukranian		матріарх. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Matriarch

Derivations
	Words beginning with "matriarch": matriarchal, matriarchate, matriarchates, matriarchies, matriarchs, matriarchy. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Matriarch" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acritarch, ariarch, mariarchi, Mashiach, materiarch, matrearch, matriarc. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Matriarch"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "matriarch" (pronounced mā"trēÄ'rk)
7	-ā" t r ē Ä' r k	patriarch.
3	-Ä' r k	aardvark, ballpark, benchmark, birthmark, earmark, hallmark, landmark, meadowlark, monarch, oligarch, pockmark, postmark, Skylark, trademark, watermark.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Matriarch

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-h-i-m-r-r-t"
	-1 letter: armchair.
	-2 letters: catarrh, cithara, tramcar.
	-3 letters: amrita, amtrac, chimar, tamari, tarmac, thairm, thiram.
	-4 letters: acari, airth, aitch, arhat, atria, carat, chair, charm, charr, chart, chirm, chirr, ihram, march, maria, match, micra, mirth, ratch, riata, tharm, tiara, triac.
	-5 letters: acta, airt, amah, amia, amir, arch, aria, atma, carr, cart, cham, char, chat, chia, chit, cram, haar.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-h-i-m-r-r-t"
	+1 letter: matriarchs, matriarchy.
	+2 letters: matriarchal.
	+3 letters: matriarchate, matriarchies.
	+4 letters: archimandrite, matriarchates, saccharimeter.
	+5 letters: antiarrhythmic, archimandrites, multicharacter, saccharimeters.
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