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HOUSEMOTHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does housemother mean?
• HOUSEMOTHER (noun)
The noun HOUSEMOTHER has 1 sense:
1. a woman employed as a chaperon in a residence for young people
Familiarity information: HOUSEMOTHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman employed as a chaperon in a residence for young people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("housemother" is a kind of...):
chaperon; chaperone (one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people)
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