The housemother here makes some really good food.
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Housemother
//haʊsˈmʌðə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "housemother" (2 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
5 translations across 4 languages.
Esperanto
1 entries- vartistino noun (woman in charge of a residence for young people)
French
1 entries- surveillante noun (woman in charge of a residence for young people)
German
2 entries- Hausmutter noun (mother of a family; the female head of household)
- Hausmutter noun (woman in charge of a residence for young people)
Japanese
1 entries- 寮母 noun (woman in charge of a residence for young people)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
When I arrived back past the curfew the other day, the housemother was extremely angry.
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At length, the aged house-mother died, or rather slept away into the other world, without pain or sickness, from absolute decay; leaving her solitary partner to mourn her loss, and with an unfeigned longing to join her in the grave.
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