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materfamilias
ma·ter·fa·mil·i·as [ màytər fə míllee ass ]


noun 
Definition:
 
woman head of family: a woman described in her role as head of a household or as the mother of her children ( formal )

[Mid-18th century. < Latin, "mother of the family"]
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