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MATERFAMILIAS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does materfamilias mean?
• MATERFAMILIAS (noun)
The noun MATERFAMILIAS has 1 sense:
1. a female head of a family or tribe
Familiarity information: MATERFAMILIAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A female head of a family or tribe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
materfamilias; matriarch
Hypernyms ("materfamilias" is a kind of...):
head of household (the head of a household or family or tribe)
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
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