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housemother

[ hous-muhth-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a woman in charge of a residence, especially for children, students, or young women, who acts as hostess, chaperon, and occasionally as housekeeper.

First recorded in 1830–40; house + mother ¹

With your genuine New England housemother, hospitality is always the servitor of affection.

She is reported as living in Chicago, a housemother at a sorority of one of the universities.

How important is the work of the housemother and homemaker who creates the home!

She has mechanical and commercial aids as housemother such as the primitive woman never imagined.

It is, however, true that the housemother in rural communities still feels many of the obligations of the ancient woman.

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