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woman of the house

woman of the house noun: the foremost female authority figure of a household.

Noun

woman of the house (plural women of the house)

  1. The foremost female authority figure of a household.
    • As far as she was concerned she was the woman of the house and intended to fulfil her duties.1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 47

Forms of woman of the house

pluralwomen of the house

Questions about woman of the house

What does woman of the house mean?
Woman of the house means the foremost female authority figure of a household.
What part of speech is woman of the house?
Woman of the house is a noun.
What is the plural of woman of the house?
The plural of woman of the house is women of the house.

Words near woman of the house in the dictionary

  1. woman of ill repute
  2. woman of letters
  3. woman of means
  4. woman of the cloth
  5. woman of the hour
  6. woman of the house
  7. woman of the night
  8. woman of the people
  9. woman of the street
  10. woman of the town
  11. woman of the world

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