Ma"tron (?), n. [F. matrone, L. matrona,
fr. 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. Shak. Grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother. Fuller. 2. A housekeeper; esp., a woman who
manages the domestic economy of a
public instution; a head nurse in
a hospital; as, the matron of a
school or hospital. 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.
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