Usually means: Experienced married woman; often supervisory.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word matron:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. matron: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. matron: Merriam-Webster
  3. matron: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. matron: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. matron: Collins English Dictionary
  6. matron: Vocabulary.com
  7. Matron, matron: Wordnik
  8. matron: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. matron: Wiktionary
  10. matron: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. matron: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. matron: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. matron: Dictionary.com
  14. matron: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. matron: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Matron: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Matron: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. matron: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. matron: Rhymezone
  20. matron: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. matron: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. matron: FreeDictionary.org
  23. matron: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. matron: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  3. Matron: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. matron: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. matron: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. matron: Genealogy Glossary
  2. MATRON: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. matron: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A mature or elderly woman.
noun:  A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children.
noun:  A woman of staid or motherly manners.
noun:  A housekeeper, especially, a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution.
noun:  A senior female nurse in an establishment, especially a hospital or school.
noun:  (US) A female prison officer.

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