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cottage parent

cottage parent noun: a member of one of the married couples employed to look after residents in a cottage home.

Noun

cottage parent (plural cottage parents)

  1. A member of one of the married couples employed to look after residents in a cottage home.
    • At Christmas, there's nothing like seeing a child's smile. Baptist Children's Homes' (BCH) cottage parents love to see the children in their care come running when it's time to decorate the tree.2020 December 9, Michael C. Blackwell, “Something to smile about!”, in Baptist Children's Homes, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2021

Forms of cottage parent

pluralcottage parents

Questions about cottage parent

What does cottage parent mean?
Cottage parent means a member of one of the married couples employed to look after residents in a cottage home.
What part of speech is cottage parent?
Cottage parent is a noun.
What is the plural of cottage parent?
The plural of cottage parent is cottage parents.

Words near cottage parent in the dictionary

  1. cottage loaf
  2. cottage loaves
  3. cottage orchard
  4. cottage orchards
  5. cottage orné
  6. cottage parent
  7. cottage parents
  8. cottage piano
  9. cottage pianos
  10. cottage pie
  11. cottage pies

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