Results for household
Definitions of household:
part of speech: adjective
Domestic; pertaining to a family or home.
part of speech: noun
part of speech: noun
Those who are held together in the same house, and compose a family.
part of speech: adjective
Of the house or family; domestic; the household, the royal domestic establishment.
part of speech: noun
Householder.
Usage examples for household:
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He saw it was the best service he could do this little girl who had suddenly become the real head of the household
"The Other Girls", Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney -
Such an unfortunate person should bear in mind that when a servant is employed the whole household expects her to be kind, tidy, industrious, moral, gentle, and, above all, good natured in her attitude toward all.
"The Girl Wanted", Nixon Waterman -
And it bored the ladies of the Somebody household as much as it bored the father and The Boy.
"A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs", Laurence Hutton -
That turned out a day to be remembered in the household of Isom Chase.
"The Bondboy", George W. (George Washington) Ogden