| 释义 |
ˈhouse-father
[transl. of L. paterfamilias, or of Ger. hausvater.]
The father of a household or family; the male head of a community or collection of persons living together as a family.
1552Latimer Serm. Lincoln i. 65 What a costly dyshe the housefather hath ordayned at the wedding of his son. 1859Thackeray Virgin. xxxii, He was dozing after the fashion of honest housefathers. 1879W. E. Hearn Aryan Househ. ii. §1. 39 The simple minds of uncultured men unhesitatingly believed that the spirit of the departed House Father hovered round the place he loved in life. 1884Lutheran 28 Feb. 3 Arranging the present building for the residence in it of a housefather which is a necessity for the institution [a theological seminary]. 1887Pall Mall G. 7 Dec. 9/1 There were in these places no ‘house-fathers’ for the girls, though there were ‘house-mothers’ for both girls and boys. |