Often, but not always. "Matriarch" is formed of two words: "mater", meaning mother, and "archon" meaning leader. A matriarch is therefore a mother who is the leader of the family. If the mother is not a leader of the family she is not a matriarch. If there are no parents, the leader of the family may be the eldest sister, but although she is the oldest female, she is not a matriarch because she is not a mother.
She is the most powerful female of the older generation which, in most cases does mean the oldest female. But she could be the widow of the patriarch even though she there is an older sister-in-law.
Yes, Amelia was the oldest child
A bull elephant is the maleA cow elephant is the femaleand a calf elephant is the juvenile.The leading cow elephant is the matriarch.
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Depending on its usage in a sentence, it could be many different things, a noun, an adjective or an adverb as I can think of them.Adjective:The elderly lady walked down the streetAdverb:She began to realize that she had become elderlyNoun:The elderly in our community deserve more respect.
Incorrect grammar: old, older, and oldest are adjectives.Oldest is the superlative form, where one is the oldest of a group, or something (someone) is the oldest it has been (e.g. "In its oldest form, the automobile was a wagon.")
If the oldest members of the family are seen as leaders, the oldest female is the family matriarch, and the oldest male is the family patriarch.
The matriarch. The oldest and most experienced female.
A patriarch is male and a matriarch is female. Abraham was a patriarch and Sarah was a matriarch.
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The herd is led by the oldest female elephant, called the matriarch
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The head of an elephant heard would be the matriarch, which would be one of the oldest and more experienced females of the heard. Fully mature males (Bull's), don't usually stay with the heard, unless there is a female on heat, they live in bachelor groups, or remain solitary.
matriarch, meaning female head of the family.