Associations to the word «Materfamilias»

Wiktionary

MATERFAMILIAS, noun. The female head of a household

Dictionary definition

MATERFAMILIAS, noun. A female head of a family or tribe.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats