Hypertext Webster Gateway: "matriarch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Matriarch \Ma"tri*arch\, n. [L. mater mother + -arch.]
The mother and ruler of a family or of her descendants; a
ruler by maternal right.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
matriarch
n : an old woman [syn: {granny}]
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