materfamilias

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materfamilias

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From Latin māter familiās (“mother of the household”).

noun materfamiliases · matresfamilias

The female head of a household. The materfamilias and her daughters do a good deal of the housework, and even open the front door on occasion.
Similar: matriarch

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@misc{materfamilias_2026,
  title = {materfamilias},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/materfamilias},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}