Matron

Matronly woman in the 1920s.

Matron is a term for:

• a staid and dignified woman
• an older (at least middle-aged) married woman with children
• a woman who acts as a supervisor in an institution such as a school, hospital, or prison.

There is also an adjective matronly which means something like staid, demure or sedate, in the way of a matron.

Because of their stereotypical authority and strictness, matrons are popular disciplinarians in spanking novels, spanking stories, spanking videos and spanking art. They are found in both child spanking art (F/m, F/f) and adult spanking art (F/M, F/F).

See also

• governess
• dame

Matronly woman canes three girls (c. 1930s).