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 Definitions of matron  [ˈmeɪ trən]  

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

1. (n.) matron
a married woman, esp. one who is mature and dignified.

2.  matron
a woman who has charge of the domestic affairs of a hospital or other institution.

3.  matron
a woman officer, as in a prison for women.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME matrone < L mātrōna a married woman, wife, der. of mātermother1)

Definition of 'matron' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) matron
a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified

2. (noun) matron
a wardress in a prison

3. (noun) matron
a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution
Definition of 'matron' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) matron
a wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners

2. (noun) matron
a housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital
Translation of 'matron' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a senior nurse in charge of a hospital.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: matrone Arabic flag Arabic: رَئيسَة مُمَرِّضات في مُس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: старша сестра
Brazilian flag Brazilian: enfermeira-chefe Czech flag Czech: vrchní sestra German flag German: die Oberin
Danish flag Danish: forstander Greek flag Greek: προϊσταμένη Spanish flag Spanish: enfermero jefe; enfermera
Estonian flag Estonian: vanemõde Farsi flag Farsi: سرپرستار Finnish flag Finnish: ylihoitaja
French flag French: infirmier en chef, infirm Hebrew flag Hebrew: אָחוֹת רָאשִׁית Hindi flag Hindi: नर्सों की अधीक्षिका
Croatian flag Croatian: nadzornica Hungarian flag Hungarian: főnővér Indonesian flag Indonesian: kepala perawat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: forstöðukona, yfirhjúkrun Italian flag Italian: (direttrice dei servizi d Japanese flag Japanese: 婦長
Korean flag Korean: 수간호사 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vyresnioji medicinos sesu Latvian flag Latvian: virsmāsa; vecākā māsa
Malay flag Malay: ketua jururawat Dutch flag Dutch: directrice Norwegian flag Norwegian: oversøster
Polish flag Polish: przełożona Persian flag Persian: سرپرستار Pashto flag Pashto: پالونكى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: enfermeira-chefe Romanian flag Romanian: infirmieră-şefă Russian flag Russian: старшая сестра
Slovak flag Slovak: hlavná sestra Slovenian flag Slovenian: upraviteljica Serbian flag Serbian: glavna sestra
Swedish flag Swedish: klinikföreståndare Thai flag Thai: หัวหน้านางพยาบาล Turkish flag Turkish: baş hemşire
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 護士長 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сестра-хазяйка Urdu flag Urdu: ہسپتال کی ایک سینئر نرس
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nữ y tá trưởng Chinese flag Chinese: 护士长

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