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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
materfamilias /ˌmeɪtəfəˈmɪlɪas/

▶noun (pl. matresfamilias /ˌmeɪtiːz-/) the female head of a family or household.

– origin L., from mater ‘mother’ + familias, old genitive form of familia ‘family’.

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