housemother

Example Sentences

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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

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

My housemother found out the term of endearment "moostace"...

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2016

Sagar Nepali, a sturdy, 11-year-old boy with warm, determined black eyes, wearing a dirt-stained black hooded sweatshirt, is playing with a packet of temporary tattoos given to him and his friends by their housemother.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2015

A housemother appeared, waiting to take me inside and nodding that my escort could be on his way.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse