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matriarch in Japanese

matriarch in Japanese is 女家長 — matriarch means a woman who is the head or leading figure of a family, tribe, or group.

matriarch in Japanese

女家長
noun
A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.

What does "matriarch" mean?

  1. noun A woman who is the head or leading figure of a family, tribe, or group.
    "This female hyena also gets erections and is larger, more aggressive than the male hyenas and lives in matrilineal clans of up to 80 individuals governed by an alpha female matriarch."
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matriarch in a sentence

  • This female hyena also gets erections and is larger, more aggressive than the male hyenas and lives in matrilineal clans of up to 80 individuals governed by an alpha female matriarch.
  • The family matriarch still made every major decision at ninety years old.

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What is "matriarch" in Japanese?
"matriarch" in Japanese is 女家長. matriarch means: A woman who is the head or leading figure of a family, tribe, or group.
How do you use "matriarch" in a sentence?
Example: "The family matriarch still made every major decision at ninety years old." In Japanese, "matriarch" is 女家長.
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