housemother

English

Etymology

Compound of house +‎ mother.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /haʊsˈmʌðə(ɹ)/, [haʊsˈmɐðə(ɹ)]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /hʌʊsˈmʌðɚ/

Noun

housemother (plural housemothers)

1. 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.
2. A woman in charge of a residence for young people to look after them.

Derived terms

• housemotherly

Related terms

• housefather
• houseparent

Translations

mother of a family; the female head of household

• German: Hausmutter (de) f

woman in charge of a residence for young people

• Esperanto: vartistino (eo)
• French: surveillante (fr) f
• German: Hausmutter (de) f
• Japanese: 寮母 (ja) (ryōba)

Anagrams

• motherhouse