Topic: WOMEN
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| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Origin: | matri- + -arch (as in patriarch) |
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ma‧tri‧arch
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[countable]SSW a woman, especially an older woman, who controls a family or a social group [↪ patriarch]
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Definition of matriarch from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic WOMEN |
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