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materfamilias


  • n  a female head of a family or tribe

  • The Blackwells are overwhelming, especially the materfamilias, known as Maj (short for "Her Majesty").
  • The Blackwells are overwhelming, especially the materfamilias, known as Maj (short for "Her Majesty").
  • As before, the materfamilias-diarist has a husband, two children, temperamental Mademoiselle and house in the country on her hands.

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