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 Ma·tron n.
 1. A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.
 Your wives, your daughters,
 Your matrons, and your maids.   --Shak.
    Grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother.   --Fuller.
 2. A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital.
 Jury of matrons Law, a jury of experienced women called to determine the question of pregnancy when set up in bar of execution, and for other cognate purposes.
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