man of the house

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noun

the male head of a household.

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Origin of man of the house

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby man of the house

man of letters, man of sorrows, man of straw, man of the cloth, man of the hour, man of the house, man of the moment, man of the world, man on horseback, man on the street, man orchid