Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man employed as a houseparent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The father of a family; the male head of a household, or of any collection of persons living as a family or in common, as in a primitive community.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a man in charge of children in an institution.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The father of a family; the male head of household, or of any collection of persons living as a family or in common, as in a primative community.
- noun A man in charge of a
house in aboarding school
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a man in charge of children in an institution
Etymologies
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Examples
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But when the mortar sundae hoarding their eyelets, the advantages moved around from the backdrop of the housefather and lined up in the stress frontispiece as I kicked off my retailers and scuttled downturn the drape to stand quite near the grower.
Farouche Matt Dennison 2011
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Since it was clear the gods had singled me out, I must seek the shaman, have him teach me, change from man to disciple, finally from housefather to shaman myself.
The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989
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Since it was clear the gods had singled me out, I must seek the shaman, have him teach me, change from man to disciple, finally from housefather to shaman myself.
The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1988
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“Nothing warm in the house,” said the housefather, a carpenter himself.
A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France William Duthie
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If all the food we eat were utilized for energy, the housewife could cook less, and the housefather could save money on grocer's and butcher's bills.
General Science Bertha M. Clark
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It is made up of a few large huts, round which cluster smaller ones, all of them rudely built, mostly of bamboo; in the other larger ones dwell the heads of families, while the smaller ones shelter their kinsfolk and followers, for this is a patriarchal world, and the housefather gives the law to his household.
Hindu Gods And Heroes Studies in the History of the Religion of India Lionel D. Barnett
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If they proved themselves trustworthy, they were transferred to cottages under the care of a housefather and housemother.
Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton 1948
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If they proved themselves trustworthy, they were transferred to cottages under the care of a housefather and housemother.
Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton 1948
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If they proved themselves trustworthy, they were transferred to cottages under the care of a housefather and housemother.
Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton 1948
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If they proved themselves trustworthy, they were transferred to cottages under the care of a housefather and housemother.
Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton 1948
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