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HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does head of household mean? 

HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD (noun)
  The noun HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD has 1 sense:

1. the head of a household or family or tribeplay

  Familiarity information: HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The head of a household or family or tribe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("head of household" is a kind of...):

chief; head; top dog (a person who is in charge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "head of household"):

materfamilias; matriarch (a female head of a family or tribe)

paterfamilias; patriarch (the male head of family or tribe)


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