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- English Word Matron Definition 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.
- English Word Matronage Definition The state of a matron.
- English Word Matronage Definition The collective body of matrons.
- English Word Matronal Definition Of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; motherly.
- English Word Matronhood Definition The state of being a matron.
- English Word Matronize Definition To make a matron of; to make matronlike.
- English Word Matronize Definition To act the part of a marton toward; to superintend; to chaperone; as, to matronize an assembly.
- English Word Matronized Definition of Matronize
- English Word Matronizing Definition of Matronize
- English Word Matronlike Definition Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
- English Word Matronly Definition Advanced in years; elderly.
- English Word Matronly Definition Like, or befitting, a matron; grave; sedate.
- English Word Matronymic Definition See Metronymic.
- English Word Matross Definition Formerly, in the British service, a gunner or a gunner's mate; one of the soldiers in a train of artillery, who assisted the gunners in loading, firing, and sponging the guns.
- English Word Matt Definition See Matte.
- English Word Mattages Definition A shrike or butcher bird; -- written also matagasse.
- English Word Mattamore Definition A subterranean repository for wheat.
- English Word Matte Definition A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by alternately roasting and melting copper ore in separating the metal from associated iron ores, and called coarse metal, fine metal, etc., according to the grade of fineness. On the exterior it is dark brown or black, but on a fresh surface is yellow or bronzy in color.
- English Word Matte Definition A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss.
- English Word Matted Definition Having a dull surface; unburnished; as, matted gold leaf or gilding.