Househead
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Househead is a noun meaning The head of a household, typically the primary wage-earner.
Meaning
The head of a household, typically the primary wage-earner.
More Meanings
- In an organization that is divided into houses, the person with authority over and responsibility for a house.
Example Sentences
In so far as there is any division of property, this is not occasioned by the death of the househead.
These include all households having total incomes less than $8,500 per year with both househead and spouse working.
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.
Word Forms
- househeads
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include householder, housefather, husband, housewife, materfamilias, houseperson.
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