matriarch, materfamilias
(noun) a female head of a family or tribe
matriarch
(noun) a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
matriarch (plural matriarches)
A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.
The dominant female in a family group of elephants
A female founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.
• materfamilias
• highfather
• paterfamilias
• patriarch
Source: Wiktionary
Ma"tri*arch, n. Etym: [L. mater mother + -arch.]
Definition: The mother and ruler of a family or of her descendants; a ruler by maternal right.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 May 2024
(verb) summon to return; “The ambassador was recalled to his country”; “The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
