- (British English)
a woman who works as a nurse in a school Topics Educationc2, Medicinec2, Jobsc2(学校的)女舍监 - (British English)
a senior female nurse in charge of the other nurses in a hospital Topics Jobsc2女护士长(现常称为 senior nursing officer) - (becoming old-fashioned)
an older married woman 上年纪的已婚妇女
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3)): from Old French matrone, from Latin matrona, from mater, matr- ‘mother’.