Wiktionary
materfamilias
n. The female head of a household
WordNet
materfamilias
n. a female head of a family or tribe [syn: matriarch]
Wikipedia
Materfamilias
Materfamilias (1898) is a novel by Australian writer Ada Cambridge.
Usage examples of "materfamilias".
Alleyn walked to the end of the archway and looked up and down Materfamilias Lane.
Nigel as they stood watching the two figures, one lean and loose-jointed, the other stocky and dapper, walk briskly away up Materfamilias Lane.
In the early-morning light you could sense Alice Waterss eyes radiating the spiritual intensity that for so long has startled and impressed her friends and admirers and has set her apart from other chefs, making her a kind of materfamilias to a generation of chefs ranging from Sally Clarke to Michel Courtalhac, in Paris.