HOUSEFATHER
Dictionary entry overview: What does housefather mean? • HOUSEFATHER (noun)
The noun HOUSEFATHER has 1 sense:
1. a man in charge of children in an institution
Familiarity information: HOUSEFATHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HOUSEFATHER (noun)
Meaning:
A man in charge of children in an institution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("housefather" is a kind of...):
adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))
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