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housemother

[haus-muhth-er] / ˈhaʊsˌmʌð ər /
NOUN
madam
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Dasani’s housemother is 37-year-old Tabitha McQuiddy, a white Pennsylvania native with blond highlights and a long plaid skirt.

From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2021

She also replaced Charlotte Rae in 1986 as the housemother to a group of female adolescents on “The Facts of Life,” staying with the NBC sitcom until its cancellation in 1988.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2021

The late Charlotte Rae, who played housemother Edna Garrett, passed away in 2018 at age 92.

From Fox News ● Apr. 9, 2019

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

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse


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