matriarchnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmeɪ.tri.ɑːk/us/ˈmeɪ.tri.ɑːrk/an old and powerful woman in a family, or the female leader of a society in which power passes from mother to daughter
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Family: relations in general
- aunt
- auntie
- baby daddy
- be sb's own flesh and blood idiom
- birth mother
- fatherhood
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- fraternal twin
- long-lost
- loved one
- maiden aunt
- maternal
- mom-and-pop
- son
- uncle
- working mother/father/parent
- your nearest and dearest idiom
- your own flesh and blood idiom
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matriarchal
adjective uk/ˌmeɪ.triˈɑː.kəl/us/ˌmeɪ.triˈɑːr.kəl/
a matriarchal society
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