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matriarch
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matriarch
the female head of a tribe or family, esp in a matriarchy


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Like Ellen Ross, Davin emphasizes the extent to which maintaining neighborhood respectability fell to the materfamilias.
Bush White House, Barbara Bush, who in her husband's time looked more like the president's mother than his wife, will at least be the materfamilias.
With Mounsey as the Western shrine's materfamilias the master's legacy is ensured.
 
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