materfamilias

noun

1. The female head of a household.

   “The materfamilias and her daughters do a good deal of the housework, and even open the front door on occasion.”

   “That my old-country materfamilias is actually Chinese--Mandarin Chinese, yet--is a negligible discrepancy.”

   “Anyway, attendees for the hen weekend included fellow astronaut Katy Perry, the two most prestigious Kardashians – Kim and materfamilias Kris Jenner – as well as Eva Longoria, who travelled onward to Cannes to present Lauren with last night’s humanitarian award.”