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matron

[mey-truhn] / ˈmeɪ trən /


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Faith plays a goth schoolgirl in the film, Imrie plays a school matron, while Sir Stephen plays himself, as the school quiz master.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 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

Fat, talkative, with the airs of a matron in disgrace, she renounced the sterile illusions of her cards and found peace and consolation in other people's loves.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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