housefather
- n a man in charge of children in an institution
- Twenty years a housefather to singers and never once in a singer's home? How come? asked TV's Dick Cavett of the guest on his talk show.
- Reinhart is "housefather" in Winona's luxury apartment, sipping a vermouth cassishe has forsaken his customary tumblers of bourbonand garnering a local reputation for the .