English Explanatory Dictionary

longhouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A long communal housing of the Iroquois and some other American Indians, the Malaysians, the Indonesians, the Vikings, and many other peoples.
  2. An outhouse, an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.
  3. The modern society, perceived as increasingly matriarchal and overly egalitarian, and therefore stifling nonconformity and masculine values.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of longhouse (“matriarchal modern society”).

Pronunciation

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Word forms

longhouse longhouses long house long-house the Longhouse

Etymology

From long + house. The sense of outhouse possibly derives from Whittington's Longhouse, a public toilet in medieval London, but first attested in a translation of a similar French expression.

Synonyms

backhouse backside bog boggard boghouse carsey chamber foreign common house commons Cousin John craphouse danna draught draught-house dunnekin dunny earth closet foreign gang gingerbread office gong gonghouse House of Commons house of ease house of easement house of office issue jacques jakes jakeshouse johnny house karzy khazi kocay little house long drop longhouse necessary necessary house necessary place necessary vault neddy netty outhouse passage house petty petty-house privy privy house purging place retreat shield shithouse shouse siege siegehouse thunderbox usual offices vault wardrobe

Related words

Longhouse
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