housemother
- n a woman employed as a chaperon in a residence for young people
- But she forged a mid-life revival, working as a fraternity housemother and the manager of a nursing home.
- There will be no housemother, though a male university administrator, who now lives in the house as a "resident assistant," will continue to oversee its activities.
- The man whose keen eyes noticed the slip was Larry Parnes, impresario, housemother, and guiding light of one of the strangest firms in show business.