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houseperson

houseperson noun: a househusband or housewife.

Noun

houseperson (plural housepersons or housepeople)

  1. A househusband or housewife.
  2. A domestic servant.
    • GWM, 30, good background seeks live-in cook-houseperson pos. for Sept.1977 August 20, “Personal Advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 7, page 18

Forms of houseperson

pluralhousepersons
pluralhousepeople

Origin of houseperson

From house + person.

Questions about houseperson

What does houseperson mean?
Houseperson means a househusband or housewife.
What part of speech is houseperson?
Houseperson is a noun.
What is the plural of houseperson?
The plural of houseperson is housepersons.

Words near houseperson in the dictionary

  1. housepainting
  2. housepants
  3. houseparent
  4. houseparents
  5. housepeople
  6. houseperson
  7. housepersons
  8. housepet
  9. housepets
  10. housephone
  11. housephones

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