materfamilias
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ma·ter·fa·mil·i·as
(mā′tər-fə-mĭl′ē-əs)n.
A woman who is the head of a household or the mother of a family.
[Latin māterfamiliās : māter, mother; see mater + familiās, archaic genitive of familia, household; see family.]
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materfamilias
(ˌmeɪtəfəˈmɪlɪˌæs)n, pl matresfamilias (ˌmeɪtreɪzfəˈmɪlɪˌæs)
the mother of a family or the female head of a family
[C18: from Latin]
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ma•ter•fa•mil•i•as
(ˌmeɪ tər fəˈmɪl i əs)n.
the mother of a family.
[1750–60; < Latin]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() head of household - the head of a household or family or tribe adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted" |
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