MATRON

matron. matron, an auncient, sober, and a discrete woman.

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matron. Matron, n. a grave and elderly woman, a nurse

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Ma″tron (?), n. [[F. matrone, L. matrona, fr. mater mother. See Mother.]] 1. 1. A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.
Your wives, your daughters, Your matrons, and your maids. Shak. Grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother. Fuller. 2. 2. A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital.
Jury of matrons (Law), a jury of experienced women called to determine the question of pregnancy when set up in bar of execution, and for other cognate purposes.