Materfamilias Definition

mātər-fə-mĭlē-əs
noun
The mother of a family; woman head of a household.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
materfamilias
Plural:
materfamiliases, matresfamilias

Origin of Materfamilias

  • Latin māterfamiliās māter mother mater familiās archaic genitive of familia household family

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin māter familiās, mother of the household

    From Wiktionary

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