Definitions for matriarch

matriarch ma·tri·arch

Spelling: [mey-tree-ahrk]
IPA: /ˈmeɪ triˌɑrk/

Matriarch is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 287 anagrams from letters in matriarch (aachimrrt).

Definitions for matriarch

noun

  1. the female head of a family or tribal line.
  2. a woman who is the founder or dominant member of a community or group.
  3. a venerable old woman.

Origin of matriarch

First recorded in 1600-10; matri- + -arch

Examples for matriarch

The clamor would have ceased as the matriarch led a retreat and the danger would have seemed to pass.

Matriar′chalism, the character of possessing matriarchal customs; Matriar′chate, the position of a matriarch.

In the main house lived his eighty-year-old nonna, the matriarch, reliably dressed in black in the custom of Italian widows.

If indeed the suit was a gamble by the Jackson matriarch to amass a sizable bank account of her own, it did not pay off.

Listen to her story about making jewelry with Rebecca Lolosoli, matriarch of the Umoja Uaso women's village.

One of those families is the Cucho family, headed by 69-year-old matriarch Natividad Cucho Velasquez.

The fault of the drama lies in the uncertain conception of the characters, and particularly of that of the matriarch herself.

The matriarch denies any suggestion that the bit was played up for dramatic effect.

But as a matriarch with three sons, she is upset about the arrests of the youngsters in Daraa.

Word Value for matriarch
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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