Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun matron

3 senses of matron

Sense 1
matron -- (a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified)
       => wife, married woman -- (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)

Sense 2
matron -- (a wardress in a prison)
       => wardress -- (a woman warder)

Sense 3
matron -- (a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution)
       => nurse -- (one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician))
       => woman, adult female -- (an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted")