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matriarch

noun

ma·​tri·​archˈmā-trē-ˌärk How to pronounce matriarch (audio)
:a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state
specifically:a mother who is head and ruler of her family anddescendants
Our grandmother was the family'smatriarch.

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Amatriarchy is a social unit governed by a woman or group of women. It isn't certain that a truematriarchal society has ever existed, so matriarchy is usually treated as an imaginative concept. But there are societies in which relatedness through women rather than men is stressed, and elements of matriarchy may be stronger in certain societies than they are in most of the Western world. And most of us can point to families in which a woman has become the dominant figure, or grande dame, or matriarch.

Examples ofmatriarch in a Sentence

Our grandmother was the family'smatriarch. The tribe'smatriarch ruled for 20 years before her death.
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One of those sisters is the now-deadmatriarchwho deeded her house to Sophie.—Nina Metz,Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025Shannon is desperately searching for love in the shadow of her gangster father, Dylan (Riley), devoted mum Cat (Fraser), older brother Luke (Gribben) and the indomitable familymatriarch, grandma Ollie (Duncan).—Stewart Clarke,Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025On this week's episode of The Kardashians, familymatriarchand momager Kris Jenner, 69, brings 10 of her 13 grandchildren to a pumpkin patch.—Hannah Sacks,People.com, 27 Mar. 2025The stadium-filling superstar Kenny Chesney will join the Country Music Hall of Fame this year alongside musicalmatriarchJune Carter Cash and powerhouse producer Tony Brown.—Adam Tamburin,Axios, 25 Mar. 2025See All Example Sentences formatriarch

Word History

First Known Use

1606, in the meaning definedabove

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The first known use ofmatriarch was in 1606

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“Matriarch.”Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/matriarch. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.

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matriarch

noun
ma·​tri·​archˈmā-trē-ˌärk How to pronounce matriarch (audio)
:a woman who rules a family, group, or state
especially:a mother who is head of her family and descendants
matriarchaladjective

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