(n.) A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.
(n.) A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital.
Example Sentences:
(1) He was flanked by a triumvirate of aides, the excitable and matronly chief usher, a man at a computer screen who looked like a bedraggled version of Prince William, and a shaven-headed man who did absolutely nothing all day except fall asleep midway through the morning session.
(2) By the age of 25 she was a head OT; four years later she took on her first general management role as a hospital matron.
(3) Only a minority of physicians opposed the introduction of the English model of nursing care, with the matron who had the power of organizing the hospital.
(4) It was using the charity to help transport patients who were fit enough to leave A&E, but the Red Cross was not providing healthcare to patients, the hospital’s duty matron said.
(5) Although ostensibly instituted to render care to "female paupers," the matronized nursing service was readily expanded, and subsequently delivered care to the entire, predominantly indigent patient population.
(6) And look over there; surely it can’t be, but yes, my word: stern old Mr Sillars getting all frisky with Ms May, the boarding school matron, and her kitten heels.
(7) Richard Brothwell, Wakefield's community heart failure matron, is one of the professionals trialling the system.
(8) In one short visit, using questionnaires to the matron, cook and the residents and a check-list of general observations, the degree of risk, high, moderate or low, can be assessed.
(9) 98 Hospices in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland of 111 that had a named matron or senior nurse, including 17 funded by NHS and 81 independent units.
(10) Along with Shields and Brinkley, other names who have portrayed Chicago's fictional showgirl Roxie Hart include Ugly Betty's America Ferrera, Coronation Street's Jill Halfpenny and presenter Denise Van Outen, while Kelly Osbourne and the EastEnders actor Anita Dobson are among those who have played the hard-as-nails prison matron Mama Morton.
(11) The incidental pleasures in Fading Gigolo start with its sweet and slightly risible premise: John Turturro – a florist named Fioravante – has the sexual magic touch for the lonely, libidinous matrons of the One Percent.
(12) "But having said that, we are working with community matrons and they could do it for you.
(13) While prosecuting as witches those women careproviders who were matrons and sages, the Church instituted consecrated women to provide what she expected from care-giving, and had them recognized as the socialized model of care-providers.
(14) Our view of the NHS and of the nursing role is still based on the traditional picture of matrons in white caps, but we need to look at the evidence and rethink who is best placed to deliver care of a high quality, and how to ensure that this also represents value for money.
(15) One minute the reception at Private Eye 's chaotic Soho office is quiet, and a matronly receptionist is making me a cup of coffee.
(16) Sothcott said the character of Matron, played by Hattie Jacques in 1967’s similarly titled Carry On Doctor and 1969’s Carry On Again Doctor, would now be portrayed as a “butch gay” man.
(17) At their wedding in Acapulco in 1957, Mike's lifelong friend, the crooner Eddie Fisher, was best man, and Eddie's wife, Debbie Reynolds, was the matron of honour.
(18) Lectures on malignant melanoma, hazards of sunburns in childhood, and the importance of sun awareness were arranged for the nursery school matrons in the preschool sector.
(19) Although matrons (nursing administrators) who have graduated from the College are capable of performing special tasks to ensure quality care, they do not have the corresponding authority and recognition.
(20) We are not doing them a favour by serving them, they are doing us a favour by giving us an opportunity to do so.” Inside that hospital Henley spoke to a matron, Nadine Opiniano, who told him: “I do think some people here don’t appreciate what the NHS means.
Natron
Definition:
(n.) Native sodium carbonate.
Example Sentences:
(1) Atomic absorption spectrophotometry of tissue cations suggests a correlation between degree of preservation of mummified tissue and levels of sodium salts (natron) in the tissue.
(2) In addition, the increases were more marked in the absence of Natron than in its presence.