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materfamilias definition

mater·fa·mili·as (-fə mil′ē əs)

noun

the mother of a family; woman head of a household

Etymology: L

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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