Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

housefather

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
house-fa-ther
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

noun

A man in charge of a residence for young people to look after them.

Etymology

Compound of house + father. Cognate with Dutch huisvader, German Hausvater, Swedish husfader, Icelandic húsfaðir.

Inflected Forms

housefathers (plural)

Derived Forms

housefatherly

Frequently Paired Words

housemother houseparent

Questions

What does housefather mean?
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.
Where does housefather come from?
Compound of house + father. Cognate with Dutch huisvader, German Hausvater, Swedish husfader, Icelandic húsfaðir.

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