Matron: alternatives and connections

Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -…

the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children

The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the…

The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.

A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were H…

Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adulter…

Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest look; staid; grave.

Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.

A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought…

That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of he…

The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right.

The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire.

A certain tenure in tail special; an estate of inheritance given to a man his wife (the wife being of the blood of the donor), and des…

A married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife.

(linguistics, poetry) the use of isosyllabic verse.; "But it is likewise true that — especially in the context of the eighteenth centu…

A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank th…

The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank and dignity of a marquis.

To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman…