matron
noun /ˈmeɪtrən/
/ˈmeɪtrən/
- (British English) a woman who works as a nurse in a school
Topics Educationc2, Medicinec2, Jobsc2(学校的)女舍监 - (British English) a senior female nurse in charge of the other nurses in a hospital
Topics Jobsc2女护士长(现常称为 senior nursing officer) - (becoming old-fashioned) an older married woman
上年纪的已婚妇女
词源late Middle English (in sense (3)): from Old French matrone, from Latin matrona, from mater, matr- ‘mother’.