HOUSEFATHER

housefather

(noun) a man in charge of children in an institution

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

housefather (plural housefathers)

The father of a family; the male head of household, or of any collection of persons living as a family or in common, as in a primative community.

A man in charge of a house in a boarding school

Source: Wiktionary



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DISPERSION

(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”


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