Synonym: lady, woman. Similar words: patron, patronize, patronage, patronymic, patrol, atrocity, matrix, atrocious. Meaning: ['meɪtrən] 
n. 1. a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified 2. a wardress in a prison 3. a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution.
n. 1. a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified 2. a wardress in a prison 3. a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution. 
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1 The matron bore down upon the terrified nurses.
2 The Matron at the nursing home expressed a wish to attend.
3 Frank looked up in surprise when Matron walked in.
4 Matron and some of the nurses were standing by.
5 It was impossible for the matron to relieve her.
6 The woman grabbed one arm, a matron the other.
7 She'd be matron of honour, of course!
8 There was a silence, the Matron, who was a Miss Cress, tapping her fountain pen lightly on the blotter.
9 Supposed to be matron, and knew no more than a charwoman.
10 The matron wouldn't let him go because he was just getting over a chill.
11 Everyone wished each other good luck and Mould, Matron and Endill headed off to the library.
12 The matron, the house surgeon and the pupil each had a bedroom and a sitting room.
13 On Christmas Eve a candle-lit procession, led by Matron, came to sing carols.
14 He put out the cigarette just as the matron thundered past us down the aisle,[www.Sentencedict.com] looking for the perpetrator.
15 She looked as efficient as a hospital matron, as cool as a cucumber.
16 Matron was equally dignified, with a towering cap of white linen and a penetrating gaze.
17 Matron kept calling on Tock, making sure he was alright.
18 Nigel and Shirley handed over the cheque to matron Ann Teaney.
19 His parents subsequently became master and matron of Poplar union workhouse.
20 The Tanganyika Two nurses were to meet the matron to whom they had been assigned.
21 I suppose there is some matron with beefy forearms.
22 A few outstanding bills were paid, and the application by the master and matron for a testimonial was granted.
23 Mr. and Mrs. Dawes were the acting master and matron, and they were not universally popular.
24 The new master at the institution was Mr. H. M. Allen, and his wife was appointed matron.
25 In the present relaxed moral climate, there was always a frisky society matron willing to accommodate a discreet young man.
26 He skipped along the corridors and went to see Matron to tell her the good news.
27 Her husband had died in California in 1849, while Farnham worked on prison reform as the matron of Sing-Sing.
28 It would be wonderful to crawl into bed, to ask Matron for an aspirin.
29 When she declined his advances, he entrusted her to a matron of a sinful house.
30 Luckily, as they returned to Cockroach, Wednesday's dormitory, they bumped into Matron who was fixing her motorbike.
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