housemother

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

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

housemother housemothers

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

housefather houseparent

housemotherly

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