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Matron vs Marron - What's the difference?

matron | marron |

As nouns the difference between matron and marron

is that matron is a mature woman; a wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners while marron is a sweet chestnut.

matron

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mature woman; a wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:your wives, your daughters, your matrons , and your maids
  • *(Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)
  • *:grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother
  • *
  • *:“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 head nurse in a hospital.
  • :

    • marron

    English

    Etymology 1

    Variant form of , later reinforced by (etyl) marron.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sweet chestnut.
  • *2007 , (Craig Silvey), Jasper Jones , Allen & Unwin 2007, p. 137:
  • *:‘I mean, shit, even if I had've come down here of a weekend and taken back a sack full of marron , I would have killed the pig up there.’
    • Derived terms
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    Etymology 2

    (wikipedia marron) (Cherax tenuimanus) (Cherax tenuimanus) (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • , a type of freshwater crayfish from Western Australia.
    • Synonyms
    * hairy marron, Margaret River marron

    See also

    * gilgie, jilgie * yabby, yabbie ----