The male head of a household.Mrs Boone said: ‘After his dad died, he became the man of the house.’...
His father left the family and Mitchell recalls telling his mother and siblings: ‘I'll look after you; I'm the man of the house now.’
In a somber tone, he alluded to the fact that he would not always be around to handle male responsibilities such as this, and someday, I would be the man of the house.