Matron
Matron , noun
[French matrone, Latin matrona, from mater mother. See Mother.]
1.
A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.
Your wives, your daughters,
Your matrons, and your maids.
Grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother.
2.
A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital.
Collocations (1)
Jury of matrons (Law) , a jury of experienced women called to determine the question of pregnancy when set up in bar of execution, and for other cognate purposes.