MATRON OF HONOR

Meaning of MATRON OF HONOR in English

a married woman acting as the principal attendant of the bride at a wedding.

Cf. maid of honor .

[ 1900-05, Amer. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

MATRON OF HONOR — Date: 1903 a bride's principal married wedding attendant
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MATRON OF HONOR — : a bride's principal married wedding attendant — distinguished from maid of honor ; compare bridesmaid
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MATRON OF HONOR — married bridal attendant
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MATRON OF HONOR — Date: 1903 : a bride's principal married wedding attendant — compare maid of honor
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MATRON OF HONOR — 1903 : a bride's principal married wedding attendant ― compare MAID OF HONOR
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MATRON OF HONOR — [matron of honor] (1903): a bride's principal married wedding attendant
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MATRON OF HONOR — ➡ matron of honour
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MATRON OF HONOR — ➡ maid of honour
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
MATRON OF HONOR — главная подружка невесты, замужняя подружка невесты
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
MATRON OF HONOR — главная подружка невесты, замужняя подружка невесты
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HONOR — n honor; homine de honor man of honor; dama de honor lady-in-waiting; puncto de honor point of honor; facer se …
Interlingua English vocab
MATRON — matrona
English interlingue dictionary
MATRON — matrona
English-Visayan vocabulary
HONOR — dungog;kadungganan;karangalan
English-Visayan vocabulary
MATRON — noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~a, from matr-, mater Date: 14th century 1. a married woman …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HONOR — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French onur, honur, from Latin honos, ~ Date: 13th century 1. good name or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HONOR — I. ˈänə(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: see -or, often attributive Etymology: Middle English onour, honour, honor from Old French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MATRON — ˈmā.trən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English matrone, from Middle French, from Latin matrona, from matr-, mater mother — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MATRON — (n.) A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a …
Английский словарь Webster
MATRON — (n.) A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.
Английский словарь Webster
HONOR — (n.) A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor …
Английский словарь Webster
HONOR — (n.) A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; as, he is an honor to his …
Английский словарь Webster
HONOR — (n.) A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore …
Английский словарь Webster
MATRON — ( n. ) A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MATRON — ( n. ) A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HONOR — ( n. ) To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to treat with deference and submission; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HONOR — ( n. ) To dignify; to raise to distinction or notice; to bestow honor upon; to elevate in rank or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HONOR — ( n. ) A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HONOR — ( n. ) A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HONOR — ( n. ) A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; as, he is an honor …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MATRON — — matronal /may"treuh nl, ma"-/ , adj. — matronhood, matronship , n. /may"treuhn/ , n. 1. a married woman, esp. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HONOR — — honorer , n. — honorless , adj. /on"euhr/ , n. 1. honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MATRON — n. house mother, dorm-mother; woman; married woman; head nurse; supervisor; mother
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HONOR — I. ˈä-nər noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French onur, honur, from Latin honos, honor Date: 13th century 1. a. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MATRON — noun Etymology: Middle English matrone, from Anglo-French, from Latin matrona, from matr-, mater Date: 14th century 1. a. : a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MATRON — noun a wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners. 2. …
Webster English vocab
HONOR — noun fame; reputation; credit. 2. honor ·noun to accept and pay when due; as, to honora bill of exchange. 3. …
Webster English vocab
MATRON — ■ noun 1》 a woman in charge of domestic and medical arrangements at a boarding school or other establishment. ↘ …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MATRON — [ma.tron] n [ME matrone, fr. MF, fr. L matrona, fr. matr-, mater] (14c) 1 a: a married woman usu. marked …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HONOR — [hon.or] n [ME, fr. OF honor, fr. L honos, honor] (13c) 1 a: good name or public esteem: reputation b: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MATRON — matron, M\~ BrE AmE ˈmeɪtr ə n ▷ matron|liness li nəs -nɪs ▷ matron|ly li ▷ matron|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HONOR — honor, Honor BrE AmE ˈɒn ə AmE ˈɑːn ə r ▷ honor|ed d ▷ honoring ˈɒn ə r‿ɪŋ AmE ˈɑːn …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MATRON — / ˈmeɪtrən; NAmE / noun 1. ( BrE ) a woman who works as a nurse in a school 2. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MATRON — ma ‧ tron /ˈmeɪtrən/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: French ; Origin: matrone , from Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HONOR
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MATRON — n. 1 a married woman, esp. a dignified and sober one. 2 a woman managing the domestic arrangements of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MATRON — n. 1 a married woman, esp. a dignified and sober one. 2 a woman managing the domestic arrangements of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MATRON — n.1 a married woman, esp. a dignified and sober one. 2 a woman managing the domestic arrangements of a school …
Oxford English vocab
MATRON — ( matrons) The matron in a nursing home is the woman who is in charge of all the nurses. In …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MATRON — (~s) The ~ in a nursing home is the woman who is in charge of all the nurses. In the …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MATRON — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES matron of honour EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ At Café Europa, society matrons sip coffee …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HONOR — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES had the dubious honor ▪ The Stephensons had the dubious honor of being the 100th …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MATRON — [noun] [C] [esp. humorous]
Cambridge English vocab
MATRON — Synonyms and related words : Eve, Frau, abbess, better half, chatelaine, common-law wife, concubine, dame, daughter of Eve, distaff, domina, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HONOR — Synonyms and related words : abide by, accept, acclaim, accolade, accord respect to, account, accounting for, acknowledgment, acres, adhere to, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HONOR — See: DO THE HONORS, IN HONOR OF, ON ONE'S HONOR.
Slang English vocab
MATRON — n. Function: noun Synonyms: MATRIARCH , dame, dowager, grande dame
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HONOR — n. Function: noun 1 respect or esteem shown one as his due or claimed by one as a right FF1C; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MATRON — n. 1. Wife, married woman, dame. 2. Elderly woman. 3. Head nurse, female head.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
HONOR — I. noun 1. respect or esteem shown one as his due or claimed by one as a right received the …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HONOR — See: DO THE HONORS, IN HONOR OF, ON ONE'S HONOR.
Словарь английских идиом
MATRON — сущ. 1) матрона, замужняя женщина и мать семейства (обычно являющаяся в обществе эталоном морали и достоинства) 2) мн. замужние женщины, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HONOR — амер.; = honour , honourable честь, честность - professional /business/ * профессиональная честь /этика/ - on /upon/ my * , …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MATRON — matron.ogg ʹmeıtrən n 1. 1> замужняя женщина; мать семейства, матрона jury of matrons - юр. замужние женщины, выступающие в качестве …
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