1.
[syn: matriarch, materfamilias]
2. a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
matriarch \ma"tri*arch\, n. [L. mater mother + -arch.]
1. The mother and ruler of a family or of her descendants; a
ruler by maternal right.
[1913 Webster]
2. A woman who dominates or is the most important member of a
group or organization; in businesses, often the founder or
owner of the largest interest.
[PJC]
3. A venerated old woman.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
matriarch
n 1: a female head of a family or tribe [syn: matriarch,
materfamilias]
2: a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons)
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "matriarch":
Methuselah, abbess, antediluvian, antique, back number, chatelaine,
conservative, dad, dam, dame, dodo, dowager, elder, first lady,
fogy, fossil, foster mother, fud, fuddy-duddy, genetrix, goodwife,
governess, grande dame, granny, great lady, has-been, homemaker,
housewife, longhair, ma, madam, mam, mama, mammy, mater,
materfamilias, maternal ancestor, matron, mid-Victorian, mistress,
mom, mommy, mossback, mother, mother superior, mummy, old believer,
old crock, old dodo, old fogy, old liner, old man, old poop,
old woman, old-timer, patriarch, pop, pops, reactionary,
regular old fogy, relic, square, starets, stepmother,
the old woman, traditionalist