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housemother

[hous-muhth-er] / ˈhaʊsˌmʌð ər /
NOUN
madam
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And then, there was Charlotte Rae, who played the wise and patient housemother Mrs. Garrett.

From Fox News Dec. 18, 2021

Before long, a housemother at the school was punishing them for it.

From Washington Post Jun. 16, 2021

Set at an all-girls boarding school in Peekskill, N.Y., the sitcom followed housemother Mrs. Garrett and her teenage charges, including streetwise Jo and prissy Blair.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2018

“The Facts of Life,” which ran from 1979 to 1988, centered on a group of boarding school girls under the guidance of a housemother played by Charlotte Rae.

From New York Times Mar. 13, 2015

The housemother gave me my room number and then sent me upstairs.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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