Matriarch
Matriarch noun - A dignified usually elderly woman of some rank or authority.
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Old lady and matriarch are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Old lady" instead a noun "Matriarch".
Nearby Words: matriarchal, matriarchy
Old lady
Old lady noun - A female human parent.
Usage example: the story is that my old lady wanted to name me “Cecil,” but the old man prevailed
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Mother Pearl, matriarch of the Boomers in Fallout: New Vegas, is a wise old lady who understands the need to break out of their reclusiveness just a little.
Source: I Was Quite a Looker - When we first see Principal Skinner's mother in "The Crepes of Wrath", she is the stereotypically sweet, frail old lady who embarrasses her son by calling him "Spanky." Afterwards, she was rewritten into a cruel matriarch who controls every aspect of her son's life.
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Cool Old Lady: Grandmother Hudson, who blissfully averts the Evil Matriarch tropes that are the usual fate of grandmothers in V. C.
Source: Literature / Hudson Series
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