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matron [ˈmeıtrən]

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The role was typical of the befuddled, nervous, and somewhat aristocratic matrons that she usually portrayed.
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Senior students assist the matrons in the running of the house.
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She was the author of the law providing for matrons in the police stations, passed in 1891.
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Officers in women's prisons sometimes also used the title of matron; sometimes the matron was a senior officer who supervised the other wardresses.
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There are usually feminist themes in matron literature, though some works are more overtly feminist than others.
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His decisions could and were sometimes overruled by the sachems and clan matrons.
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His wife took on the duties of prison matron.
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On the same site a panel of marble and limestone was discovered showing the activity of a matron at the end of the bath.
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In larger temples, the president and matron usually serve for a period of three consecutive years.
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There were eight matrons resident in 1907, the majority having their own income and some employing servants.
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