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Meanings of materfamilias in inglês

português
matriarca

A female head of a family or tribe.

        matriarca
        Synonyms
        Examples for "matriarch"
        Examples for "matriarch"
        1
        African elephants roam savannahs as herds of females, led by a matriarch.
        BBC
        2
        The brown-skinned matriarch held on to her granddaughter's hand and squeezed tight.
        A beautiful place to die
        3
        The rest of you, go with your so-called matriarch into the wilderness.
        World of warcraft: the shattering: prelude to cataclysm
        4
        Helena Bonham Carter as Eudoria Holmes, the matriarch of the Holmes family.
        The South African
        5
        That's where the South Carolina-born Sylvia Woods, owner and matriarch comes in.
        Ebony
        Usage of materfamilias in inglês
        1
        There is nothing to tell the materfamilias; and yet, at her first attempt, she fills the honey-pot to the requisite depth.
        The Mason-Bees
        2
        Materfamilias came from Memphis quality, darling, and didn't let you forget it.
        Bag of Bones
        3
        B. T.' and 'Materfamilias' will have all the real influence which their letters-excellentletters both of them-certainlydeserve.
        Miscellanies
        4
        "The first time we ever travelled second-class in our lives," murmured Materfamilias.
        Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885
        5
        "Evidently one of their heroes, my dear," said Paterfamilias to Materfamilias.
        The Head of Kay's
        6
        Ponder the Fate that made me Spouse, Muse Materfamilias, and Household Divinity, instead of a field marshal under Frederick the Great.
        The new yorker
        Frequent collocations
        Translations for materfamilias
        português
        matriarca
        Materfamilias through the time