househeads

Noun

househead (plural househeads)

1. The head of a household, typically the primary wage-earner.
   • 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.1972, Tadashi Fukutake, Japanese Rural Society, page 54
2. In an organization that is divided into houses, the person with authority over and responsibility for a house.
   • When staying all night with a friend, a girl must obtain permission from her househead and the housemother or householder.1951, John Cowgill Clevenger, Student Personnel Services - Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College