matriarch
noun/ˈmeɪtɹɪˌɑːk/UK/ˈmeɪtɹiɑɹk/US
Etymology
Of Latin origin, via or reinforced by Old French matriarche, from Latin māter (“mother”) + -archa, -arches, from Ancient Greek -άρχης (-árkhēs), from ἀρχός (arkhós, “chief”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”). By surface analysis, matri- + -arch.
- derived from *h₂ergʰ-✻
- derived from -άρχης
- derived from māter
- derived from matriarche
Definitions
A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.
A female founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.
The neighborhood
- synonymmaterfamilias
- antonymhighfather
- antonympaterfamilias
- antonympatriarch
- neighbormaternal
- neighbormatriarchal
- neighbormatriarchy
- neighbormatrimony
- neighbormatrimonial
- neighbormatron
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for matriarch. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA