Materfamilias

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The female head of a household.

    "The materfamilias and her daughters do a good deal of the housework, and even open the front door on occasion."

  2. 2
    a female head of a family or tribe wordnet

Synonyms

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matriarchmatriarchdammamamamammy

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"The materfamilias and her daughters do a good deal of the housework, and even open the front door on occasion."

Etymology

From Latin māter familiās (“mother of the household”).

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