Matron vs Mrs - What's the difference?
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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
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*:“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.
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(UK) A title used before an adult female's name or surname. Traditionally reserved for married individuals and used with the married surname.
* 1775 , (Richard Brinsley Sheridan), ''(The Rivals):
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Matron is a related term of mrs.
As a noun matron
is a mature woman; a wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.As an initialism mrs is
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(Mmes)- Mrs Malaprop said, “He’s as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.”
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