housemother

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/haʊsˈmʌðə(ɹ)/

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/haʊsˈmʌðə(ɹ)/ · [haʊsˈmɐðə(ɹ)] · /hʌʊsˈmʌðɚ/

Definition of housemother

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noun

The mother of a family; the female head of household, or of any collection of persons living as a family or in common, as in a primitive community.

“At length, the aged house-mother died, or rather slept away into the other world, without pain or sickness, from absolute decay; leaving her solitary partner to mourn her loss, and with an unfeigned longing to join her in the grave.”

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noun

The mother of a family; the female head of household, or of any collection of persons living as a family or in common, as in a primitive community.

“At length, the aged house-mother died, or rather slept away into the other world, without pain or sickness, from absolute decay; leaving her solitary partner to mourn her loss, and with an unfeigned longing to join her in the grave.”
A woman in charge of a residence for young people to look after them.

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From house + mother. First use appears c. 1822. See cite below.

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