Definition of "matrons" []

• Plural form of matron. (noun)

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• "Some look like sleepy imperious matrons, which is not surprising, given that it's a little after 10 a.m."
• "He celebrated his colleague's obsequies with all the pomp possible in those days, but far greater honour was done to the dead by the universal mourning, which was rendered specially noteworthy by the fact that the matrons were a whole year in mourning for him, because he had been such a determined avenger of violated chastity."
• "She had heard of reformatory institutions, and of discreet persons called matrons who managed them."