The matron of honor was the bride's older sister. From LearnThat.org.
"No," she replied, "the matron is sick; I am her assistant. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Days in a Mad-House] Reference
The death of the matron was a great calamity to her, for her. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
Last, but not least, it's Colonial, and the matron is a brick. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Called Peter] Reference
Hornecht, captain of the archers, and the matron was her nurse. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
The matron was a bit startled just at first, but she kept her head. From Wordnik.com. [Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918] Reference
A matron is a law enforcement official who works with women held in custody. From Wordnik.com. [Jihad Watch] Reference
I called the matron of the dormitories at 7pm that night, in true worried-mother fashion. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference
It never occurred to her that the matron was the proper authority to whom to report trouble. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
Mr. TAKEI: And she didn't like the word matron, so we called her best lady, Nichelle Nichols. From Wordnik.com. [George Takei Of 'Star Trek' Plays 'Not My Job'] Reference
The matron was the widow of a doctor, who had been eminent alike for professional talent and philanthropy. From Wordnik.com. [A Houseful of Girls] Reference
"It's yon 'as hurts her," said Kate, calling the matron's attention to something on the child's shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880.] Reference
Pia Nillson is known as the matron of Swedish golf and credited with helping Sorenstam with her mental approach to the game. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 23, 2003] Reference
To the world at large her habits seemed those of the ancient Roman matron, which is recorded on her tomb in these four words. From Wordnik.com. [The Surgeon's Daughter] Reference
The matron was a woman of family, who somehow managed, in her big, white, frilled cap, to be distinguished like an abbess of old. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Girl] Reference
And there was additional gratification in the knowledge that she could hardly be called a matron in the strict sense of the word. From Wordnik.com. [From the Housetops] Reference
SAKULĀ, or PAKULĀ, a brahmin matron of Sāvatthī, foremost of the Sisters who had the faculty of the 'Eye Celestial' (Ang. Nik, i. From Wordnik.com. [Psalms of the Sisters] Reference
Suddenly a cry that the matron is coming. From Wordnik.com. [Our Irish Theatre: A Chapter of Autobiography] Reference
She came to tell him that she had heard of a possible "matron" for. From Wordnik.com. [Clover] Reference
Toff followed them, respectfully asking to be told what a "matron" was. From Wordnik.com. [The Fallen Leaves] Reference
At Omaha, on the evening of the second day, Clover's future "matron" and adviser, Mrs. Watson, was to join them. From Wordnik.com. [Clover] Reference
And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
The matron said the little fellow learned his name very readily. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
One little fellow was asked by the matron to give us their name for. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
Nan and Flossie brought their mother into the next car to see the matron. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore] Reference
You became the thing you'd always feared: a baby factory, cooer, a matron. From Wordnik.com. [m honest] Reference
Mary Fuller turned her head as the matron came into that dimly-lighted garret. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
"He's coarse and butcherlike," sniffs a snooty matron about her young new doctor. From Wordnik.com. [By George, We've Got It] Reference
It was not brought back, but the matron only smiled, and never inquired the reason. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
They do not glorify themselves with the untried virtue the matron prides herself on. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He was the best man at her wedding; she was the matron of honor when he wed Carolyn Bessette. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Child Of Camelot] Reference
As the matron of the orphanage in Tzaneen, she had experienced this tragedy many many times over. From Wordnik.com. [Story to Forget] Reference
"You had better go up," he said to the matron, who met him in the hall, "that poor woman is gone.". From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
"" I WATCH YOU TWICE A day! '' gushed the glittering Orange County matron charging my way in the hotel lobby. From Wordnik.com. [I Was Going To Hell] Reference
IRMA ROMBAUER WAS 53 YEARS OLD and enjoying life as a prosperous, sociable St. Louis matron when her world collapsed in 1930. From Wordnik.com. [Mother, Daughter And 'Joy'] Reference
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