Synonyms for matriarch
ˈmeɪ triˌɑrkma·tri·arch

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1. matriarch, materfamiliasnoun

   a female head of a family or tribe

   Synonyms:
   materfamilias

2. matriarchnoun

   a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons)

   Synonyms:
   materfamilias

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1. • Head Of Household
   • Woman

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1. Kester Vickery:

   We need to take a cohesive family group, right from the oldest matriarch down to the smallest baby.

2. Rosalina Learpoora:

   Once they sell the necklaces, they give the money to the village's matriarch, who then allocates the amount for food to each family based on the number of children per homestead, some of that money is also set aside to go toward education, especially for the young girls.

3. Constance Seltzer:

   She taught Johnson Johnson to use talcum powder. Everybody in Johnson Johnson family used it, she was the matriarch of this family. She was my glue. There's not a day that goes by that I don't miss my grandmother.

4. Carol Channing:

   I am proud of it now, but at the time I certainly didn’t know it was going to be that big of a deal, we just saw it as an opportunity to promote the current show. The result was very positive, so I did it again. I honestly can’t offer a comment on any others who have participated since then… I never had time to watch. [But] those who are tapped to do the halftime show are very lucky and part of a very exclusive club… which I suppose makes me the matriarch.