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matriarch
noun [ C ]
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/ˈmeɪ.tri.ɑːk/ us

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/ˈmeɪ.tri.ɑːrk/
an old and powerful woman in a family, or the female leader of a society in which power passes from mother to daughter
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matriarch | American Dictionary

matriarch
noun [ C ]
us

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/ˈmeɪ·triˌɑrk/
a powerful and usually older woman in charge of a family, or the female leader of a society in which women hold power

matriarchal

adjective us

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/ˌmeɪ·triˈɑr·kəl/
a matriarchal society
(Definition of matriarch from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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