matriarch
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A matriach has rested 🐘 We are saddened by the death of Dida who was possibly Africa’s largest female Tusker and a Matriarch residing in @KWSTsavoEast National Park.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2022
Midthunder plays Miss Matriarch as kind and eager, perhaps a little bit too eager.
From Salon • Aug. 31, 2022
Two weeks ago, Mrs. Meggett, who has never used a cookbook during her 78 years in the kitchen, published her own: “Gullah Geechee Home Cooking: Recipes From the Matriarch of Edisto Island.”
From New York Times • May 9, 2022
Matriarch Mary Jane prefers to keep the truth swept under the rug, as she’s done with a similar incident in her own past.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2020
“Young Mistress, the Matriarch wishes to see you in her quarters.”
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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Play by the Rules: Arch
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