1.
A ~ society, family, or system is one in which the rulers are female and power or property is passed from mother to daughter.
...the 3,000 years of the ~ Sumerian society.
? patriarchal
ADJ
2.
If you describe a woman as ~, you mean that she has authority and power within her family or group.
...the ~ figure of his grandmother.
ADJ: usu ADJ n