matronnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmeɪ.trən/us/ˈmeɪ.trən/matron noun [ C ] (SCHOOL)
UK old-fashioned a female nurse in a school
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Schools in general
- assembly
- blackboard
- blackboard jungle
- break up
- bursar
- chalkboard
- fag
- foundation
- language laboratory
- let out
- long vacation
- midterm
- parent-teacher association
- pass
- playtime
- reception
- seat
- staffroom
- trimester
- year
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matron noun [ C ] (HOSPITAL)
UK old-fashioned for senior nursing officer
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Medical treatment: doctors & health workers generally
- anaesthetist
- auxiliary nurse
- charge nurse
- clinician
- consultant
- doctor's orders
- ENT
- GP
- houseman
- LPN
- medical examiner
- mo
- nurse
- occupational therapy
- odontologist
- orderly
- radiographer
- resident
- senior nursing officer
- specialist
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matron noun [ C ] (PRISON)
US a woman who is in charge of female prisoners
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Prisons & parts of prisons
- approved school
- Bastille
- boot camp
- borstal
- brig
- clink
- gaoler
- halfway house
- HMP
- house of correction
- jail
- prison
- prison camp
- protective custody
- remand centre
- screw
- slop
- straightjacket
- straitjacket
- young offender institution
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matron noun [ C ] (MARRIED WOMAN)
US a married woman, especially one who is old or a widow (= a woman whose husband has died)
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Kinds of women
- a damsel in distress idiom
- adult
- amazon
- auntie
- bachelorette
- cougar
- councilwoman
- dame
- damsel
- dolly bird
- homemaker
- housewife
- ingénue
- Jezebel
- ladette
- sheila
- slattern
- temptress
- tigress
- wallflower
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