house momn.
/ˈhaʊs mɒm/, U.S. /ˈhaʊs ˌmɑm/, Canadian English /ˈhaus ˌmɒm/ North American colloquial.
1. A woman in charge of and living in a house at a boarding school (cf. house n.1 7c) or in a children's home, sorority house, or other communal residence (typically for young people), who is responsible for the welfare of the pupils or residents.Cf. housemother n. 2, house mum n. 1.
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1949 Argo (Westminster Coll., Pennsylvania) 44 85 We won't forget..Mrs Wilkie's wonderful understanding as house-mom.
2017 Cosmopolitan (U.S. ed.) (Nexis) Sept. I was hooking up with a guy in my sorority house. The fire alarm went off, and the house mom was banging on my door, so I threw him in the closet and opened the door naked.
2. A mother who looks after her children full time and does not undertake paid employment; a stay-at-home mom. Now chiefly Canadian.Cf. house mum n. 2.
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1984 K. C. Erickson Take Time to make Time Count vii. 93 I like that you are a house mom. A lot of kids don't have a mom around the house all the time.
2018 Prince George (Brit. Columbia) Citizen (Nexis) 23 Aug. b1 We started a family and I became a house mom.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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