matriarch

/หˆmeษชtษนษชหŒษ‘หk/

IPA: /M EY1 T R IY0 AA0 R K/

noun
  1. 1

    A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.

  2. 2

    A female founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/matriarch