matron

Born and raised in the village of Dunscore in the south of Scotland, Haining was the matron at a Church of Scotland school in Budapest from 1932 to 1944.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Seema cosplaying a garden society matron certainly isn’t the worst vision this show has served.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025

She arrived for breakfast looking elegant in a black-and-white caftan, the picture of an Upper West Side matron, a matron without a sizable body count.

From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2024

“Staff didn’t have time to process or accept the losses,” the lead ICU matron at one large teaching hospital told Prof Fong.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2024

Sarah White, the ladies' waiting room matron, noticed the small man with a short beard and dark clothing occasionally wiping the sweat from his face.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Behind her back, the other matrons make snarky remarks about her while sipping her tea; we learn all this because we share Millie’s point of view and the moms speak freely in front of her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

"I still meet middle-aged matrons who wax eloquently about the magazine, including people who can quote back at me from memory things I'd forgotten I'd written."

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2023

But as so often happens, a tipple that initially made matrons clutch their pearls quickly became a regular feature on the society sideboard, and this John Collins-Tom Collins became a classic.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023

“Pacific Heights matrons would bring their Dom Perignon.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2023

On her left were two matrons, with massive foreheads and bonnets to match, discussing Women’s Rights and making tatting.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott