house|fa|ther

house|fa|ther
house|fa|ther «HOWS FAH thuhr», noun.
1. the father of a household or family.
2. the male head of a community or number of persons living together as a family.
3. a man who supervises a group, such as a group of children in a private institution, living together like a family.

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