HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The head of a household or family or tribe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("head of household" is a kind of...):

chief; head; top dog (a person who is in charge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "head of household"):

materfamilias; matriarch (a female head of a family or tribe)

paterfamilias; patriarch (the male head of family or tribe)