Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1800-1829
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MATRON, n. Sc. †usage: a chaperon. Hence matroneeze, -ize, v., to chaperon. Also in U.S. [‡mɑtran]Edb. c.1800 Mem. S. Sibbald (Hett 1926) 205:
I went to the George street Assembly one night, Lady Buchan being my matron.Sc. 1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage xxiii.:
Lady Maclaughlan . . . will matronize you to the play.Sc. 1829 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) II. 313:
You maun bring her sometimes to Picardy, to matroneeze the ither females, that there may be nae scandalum magnatum.
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