matron in English

noun
1
a woman in charge of domestic and medical arrangements at a boarding school or other establishment.
The boarding school matron as sex symbol is alive and well.
2
a married woman, especially a dignified and sober middle-aged one.
Later, she is presented as a rather dowdy vestal virgin or as an elegant but staid matron demurely working on her embroidery.

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1. ... and a loaf for Matron, please.

2. 7 She'd be matron of honour, of course!

3. She serves as the Chief Matron of Africa's Young Entrepreneurs.

4. 5 It was impossible for the matron to relieve her.

5. 4 Matron and some of the nurses were standing by.

6. 8 The matron bore down upon the terrified nurses.

7. 1 The matron bore down upon the terrified nurses.

8. 4 sugared rolls, 3 jam tarts and a loaf for Matron, please.

9. 18 Nigel and Shirley handed over the cheque to matron Ann Teaney.

10. 19 His parents subsequently became master and matron of Poplar union workhouse.

11. 9 Supposed to be matron, and knew no more than a charwoman.

12. 21 I suppose there is some matron with beefy forearms.

13. 6 The woman grabbed one arm, a matron the other.

14. 3 Frank looked up in surprise when Matron walked in.

15. Matron kept calling on Tock, making sure he was alright.

16. 17 Matron kept calling on Tock, making sure he was alright.

17. 4 The Matron at the nursing home expressed a wish to attend.

18. 13 His parents subsequently became master and matron of Poplar union workhouse.

19. 2 The Matron at the nursing home expressed a wish to attend.

20. Dissertatio academica, Adumbrationem matronæ Romanæ leviter sistens, quam, ex suffragio ampliss

21. When she declined his advances, he entrusted her to a matron of a sinful house.

22. 10 The matron wouldn't let him go because he was just getting over a chill.

23. She looked as efficient as a hospital matron, as cool as a cucumber.

24. 15 She looked as efficient as a hospital matron, as cool as a cucumber.

25. The Authoritative rules in this school come not from the headmaster but from the aged matron

26. 29 When she declined his advances, he entrusted her to a matron of a sinful house.

27. 20 The Tanganyika Two nurses were to meet the matron to whom they had been assigned.

28. You can trust the Matron of this hospital to keep her nurses up to the mark.

29. She was the first black nurse in Namibia to be promoted to matron, the highest rank.

30. On Christmas Eve a candle-lit procession, led by Matron, came to sing carols.

31. 28 It would be wonderful to crawl into bed, to ask Matron for an aspirin.

32. 23 Mr. and Mrs. Dawes were the acting master and matron, and they were not universally popular.

33. 26 He skipped along the corridors and went to see Matron to tell her the good news.

34. 13 On Christmas Eve a candle-lit procession, led by Matron, came to sing carols.

35. 16 Matron was equally dignified, with a towering cap of white linen and a penetrating gaze.

36. 30 Luckily, as they returned to Cockroach, Wednesday's dormitory, they bumped into Matron who was fixing her motorbike.

37. 14 Luckily, as they returned to Cockroach, Wednesday's dormitory, they bumped into Matron who was fixing her motorbike.

38. There was a silence, the Matron, who was a Miss Cress, tapping her fountain pen lightly on the blotter.

39. 12 The matron, the house surgeon and the pupil each had a bedroom and a sitting room.

40. 11 Everyone wished each other good luck and Mould, Matron and Endill headed off to the library.

41. 23 He put out the cigarette just as the matron thundered past us down the aisle, looking for the perpetrator.

42. 24 The new master at the institution was Mr. H. M. Allen, and his wife was appointed matron.

43. In the present relaxed moral climate, there was always a frisky society matron willing to accommodate a discreet young man.

44. 27 Her husband had died in California in 18 while Farnham worked on prison reform as the matron of Sing-Sing.

45. 25 In the present relaxed moral climate, there was always a frisky society matron willing to accommodate a discreet young man.

46. A few outstanding bills were paid, and the application by the master and matron for a testimonial was granted.

47. 14 He put out the cigarette just as the matron thundered past us down the aisle,[www.Sentencedict.com] looking for the perpetrator.

48. 22 A few outstanding bills were paid, and the application by the master and matron for a testimonial was granted.

49. 8 There was a silence, the Matron, who was a Miss Cress, tapping her fountain pen lightly on the blotter.

50. Procuration also, had to be notified before the Aedile, whose special business it was to see that no Roman matron became a