different between matron vs matrons

English

From Middle English matrone, from Old French matrone, from Latin m?tr?na (“married woman”), from m?ter (“mother”). Doublet of matrona.

matron (plural matrons)

A mature or elderly woman.
- grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother
A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children.
A woman of staid or motherly manners.
- “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, […].
A housekeeper, especially, a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution.
A senior female nurse in an establishment, especially a hospital or school.
(US) A female prison officer.

matron in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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