cottage parent

noun

A member of one of the married couples employed to look after residents in a cottage home.

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Meanings

nouncottage parent (plural cottage parents)

plural cottage parents

  1. A member of one of the married couples employed to look after residents in a cottage home.

    At Christmas, there's nothing like seeing a child's smile. Baptist Children's Homes' (BCH) cottage parents love to see the children in their care come running when it's time to decorate the tree.

    2020 December 9, Michael C. Blackwell, “Something to smile about!”, in Baptist Children's Homes, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2021
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APA

cottage parent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cottage%20parent

MLA

“cottage parent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cottage%20parent. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cottage parent,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cottage%20parent.

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