"housefather" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: housefathers [plural]
Etymology: Compound of house + father. Cognate with Dutch huisvader, German Hausvater, Swedish husfader, Icelandic húsfaðir. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|house|father}} Compound of 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 primitive community. Categories (topical): Male people, Occupations Translations (father of a family; the male head of household): Hausvater [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-housefather-en-noun-K4nh-RCQ Disambiguation of Male people: 85 15 Disambiguation of Occupations: 78 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of 'father of a family; the male head of household': 99 1
  2. A man in charge of a residence for young people to look after them. Translations (man in charge of a residence for young people): Hausvater [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-housefather-en-noun-ny~v6iQ7 Disambiguation of 'man in charge of a residence for young people': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: housefatherly Related terms: housemother, houseparent

Inflected forms

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