Thank you, matron.

Thank you, venerable matron.

Matron, I've got the oil.

I'll speak to the matron.

She wants to see the matron.

Matron is all you can hope for.

It's essentially a village health worker, a matron.

Our matron usually locked the doors and took the keys away at 9 00 p.m.

It best agrees with night. Come, civil night, Thou sober suited matron, all in black,

The reference point here is Cornelia, the virtuous Roman matron, who scorned jewellery, and declared that her children were her greatest treasure.