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materfamiliases

materfamiliases is the plural of materfamilias.

Meaning of materfamilias

Noun

materfamilias (plural materfamiliases or matresfamilias)

  1. The female head of a household.
    • The materfamilias and her daughters do a good deal of the housework, and even open the front door on occasion.1903, Luigi Villari, Italian Life in Town and Country, pages 110–111
    Synonyms:
    matriarch

Questions about materfamiliases

What is materfamiliases the plural of?
Materfamiliases is the plural of materfamilias.

Words near materfamiliases in the dictionary

  1. mater sammich
  2. mater sammiches
  3. Matera
  4. Materan
  5. materfamilias
  6. materfamiliases
  7. materia
  8. materia medica
  9. materia prima
  10. materia subtilis
  11. material

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