See matron on Wiktionary
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},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "mature or elderly woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "matroană"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "matróna",
"sense": "mature or elderly woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "матро́на"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "mature or elderly woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brèideach"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mature or elderly woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "matrona"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children",
"word": "emäntä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "woman of staid or motherly manners",
"word": "matroona"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "housekeeper",
"word": "directrice"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "housekeeper",
"word": "hoofdverpleegster"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "housekeeper",
"word": "intendantino"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "housekeeper, m or f",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "housekeeper",
"word": "taloudenhoitaja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "housekeeper, f",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "housekeeper",
"word": "taloudenhoitajatar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "housekeeper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "emäntä"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ekonómka",
"sense": "housekeeper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "эконо́мка"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "starša sestra",
"sense": "senior female nurse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "старша сестра"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "head nurse",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "senior female nurse",
"word": "ylihoitaja"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nadziratelka",
"sense": "female prison officer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "надзирателка"
}
],
"word": "matron"
}
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