matron
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She asked to speak to the matron and was "ushered into the kitchen where a teenage girl was eating rice".
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025
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
She has been called the “godmother of stuntwomen” and “the grand matron of Hollywood stuntwomen,” working well past retirement age.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2024
I felt as if I were gazing into the future: Aunt Kitty looked like a cranky old matron, which was exactly what she was headed for if she didn’t start to lighten up.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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