housefather
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housefather
Where it comes from
Compound of house + father. Cognate with Dutch huisvader, German Hausvater, Swedish husfader, Icelandic húsfaðir.
noun housefathers
- 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 primitive community.
- A man in charge of a residence for young people to look after them.
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Talk about this word "housefather." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/housefather. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. housefather. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/housefather "housefather." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/housefather.Cite this
@misc{housefather_2026,
title = {housefather},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/housefather},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
