"housefather" meaning in All languages combined

See housefather on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: housefathers [plural]
Etymology: From house + father. Cognate with Dutch huisvader, German Hausvater, Swedish husfader, Icelandic húsfaðir. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|house|father}} house + father, {{cog|nl|huisvader}} Dutch huisvader, {{cog|de|Hausvater}} German Hausvater, {{cog|sv|husfader}} Swedish husfader, {{cog|is|húsfaðir}} Icelandic húsfaðir Head templates: {{en-noun}} housefather (plural housefathers)
  1. 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 primative community.
    Sense id: en-housefather-en-noun-eRH2QYjP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5
  2. A man in charge of a house in a boarding school
    Sense id: en-housefather-en-noun-HXX2mEdb

Inflected forms

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