househead
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The head of a household, typically the primary wage-earner.
noun
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."