1. (n.) A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.
2. (n.) A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital.
Thesaurus Entries
Eve, Frau, abbess, better half, chatelaine, common-law wife, concubine, dame, daughter of Eve, distaff, domina, donna, dowager, feme, feme covert, femme, first lady, frow, gentlewoman, girl, goodwife, goody, governess, grande dame, great lady, helpmate, helpmeet, homemaker, housewife, lady, lass, madam, married woman, matriarch, milady, mistress, mother superior, old lady, old woman, rib, squaw, vrouw, wahine, weaker vessel, wedded wife, wife, woman
