housemother

n. 女家长, 女舍监

发音

UK /haʊsˈmʌðə(ɹ)/
UK /haʊsˈmɐðə(ɹ)/
US /hʌʊsˈmʌðɚ/

词形变化

housemothers 复数 housemothers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The mother of a family; the female head of household, or of any collection of persons living as a family or in common, as in a primitive community.

  2. 2.

    A woman in charge of a residence for young people to look after them.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

woman chaperone chaperon

词源

From house + mother. First use appears c. 1822. See cite below.

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