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 Definitions of Matriarch  [ˈmeɪ triˌɑrk]  

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Definition of 'Matriarch' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) matriarch
the female head of a family or tribal line.

2.  matriarch
a woman who is the founder or dominant member of a group.

Etymology:  (1600–10)

Definition of 'Matriarch' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) matriarch, materfamilias
a female head of a family or tribe

2. (noun) matriarch
a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons)
Definition of 'Matriarch' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Matriarch
the mother and ruler of a family or of her descendants; a ruler by maternal right
Translation of 'Matriarch' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a woman who is head and ruler of her family or of a tribe.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: matriarg Arabic flag Arabic: أم ربَّة العائِلَه أو الق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: матриарх
Brazilian flag Brazilian: matriarca Czech flag Czech: vládkyně rodiny, rodu German flag German: die Matriarchin
Danish flag Danish: matriark; kvindeligt over Greek flag Greek: γυναίκα-αρχηγός Spanish flag Spanish: matriarca
Estonian flag Estonian: matriarh Farsi flag Farsi: زن سالار؛ مادرسالار Finnish flag Finnish: matriarkka
French flag French: femme chef de famille/tri Hebrew flag Hebrew: אֵם שוֹלֶטֶת Hindi flag Hindi: मातृसत्ता
Croatian flag Croatian: matrijarh,ženski patrijar Hungarian flag Hungarian: matriarcha Indonesian flag Indonesian: matriarkhat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kona sem er höfuð ættar/æ Italian flag Italian: matriarca Japanese flag Japanese: 女家長
Korean flag Korean: 가모장(家母長) Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: šeimos galva, genties vad Latvian flag Latvian: sieviete valdniece
Malay flag Malay: ibu pemimpin suku bangsa Dutch flag Dutch: vrouwelijk hoofd Norwegian flag Norwegian: matriark, kvinnelig famil
Polish flag Polish: !! Persian flag Persian: زن سالار؛ مادرسالار Pashto flag Pashto: حاكم خويه ښځه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: matriarca Romanian flag Romanian: fe­me­ie-şef de trib Russian flag Russian: матриарх
Slovak flag Slovak: žena, ako hlava rodiny / Slovenian flag Slovenian: matriarh Serbian flag Serbian: matrijarh
Swedish flag Swedish: matriark Thai flag Thai: หัวหน้าครอบครัวหรือชนเผ่า Turkish flag Turkish: aile reisi kadın
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 女家長，女族長，女酋長 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: матріарх Urdu flag Urdu: عورت جو خاندان یا قبیلے ک
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nữ chúa Chinese flag Chinese: 女家长，女族长，女酋长

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