Meaning

The head of a household, typically the primary wage-earner..

Definitions by Sense

1. The head of a household, typically the primary wage-earner.
2. In an organization that is divided into houses, the person with authority over and responsibility for a house.

Example Sentences

Even in the families of full-time farmers the swift developments of post-war agriculture have prompted a shift of managing authority from the househead to his youthful heir.

These include all households having total incomes less than $8,500 per year with both househead and spouse working.

In so far as there is any division of property, this is not occasioned by the death of the househead.

When staying all night with a friend, a girl must obtain permission from her househead and the housemother or householder.

The househead, operating on a two-thirds teaching timetable, accepts academic and pastoral responsibility for 120 11 year old pupils from specific feeder schools.

During that period, the prospective employee is assessed by the househead and the rest of the staff. But at the end of the three-day observation period the househead is able to make a recommendation to the supervisor as to whether the prospective employee should be hired or not.

Word Forms

• househeads

Related Words

When Should You Use Househead?

Use househead when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

Practice This Word

Frequently Asked Questions