matriarch
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Etymology[edit]
Latin, via or reinforced by Old French matriarche, from māter (“mother”) + -archa, -arches, from Ancient Greek -άρχης (-árkhēs), from ἀρχός (arkhós, “chief”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”). Surface analysis matri- + -arch.
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matriarch (plural matriarchs)
- 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.
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a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
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matriarch f (plural matriarchen, diminutive matriarchje n, masculine patriarch)
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- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English words prefixed with matri-
- English words suffixed with -arch
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- English nouns
- English countable nouns
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- en:People
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- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
