Meanings
nounhead of household (plural heads of household)
plural heads of household · alternative head of the household
- The person responsible for governing a group that lives together, such as a family.
Translations
Ancient Greek δεσπότης
- δεσπότης (despótēs)household role
Bulgarian глава́ на семе́йството
- глава́ на семе́йството (glavá na seméjstvoto)household role
Chinese Mandarin 戶主 /户主, 家長 /家长
- 戶主 /户主 (hùzhǔ)household role
- 家長 /家长 (jiāzhǎng)household role
Czech hlava rodiny
- hlava rodinyhousehold role
Dutch heer des huizes
- heer des huizeshousehold role
Esperanto domestro
- domestrohousehold role
Finnish perheenpää, perheenhuoltaja
- perheenpäähousehold role
- perheenhuoltajahousehold role
French chef de famille
- chef de famillehousehold role
German Haushaltsvorstand, Haushaltungsvorstand
- Haushaltsvorstandhousehold role
- Haushaltungsvorstandhousehold role
Greek νοικοκύρης, νοικοκυρά
- νοικοκύρης (noikokýris)household role
- νοικοκυρά (noikokyrá)household role
- κύρης (kýris)household role
Hindi गृहपति, घर का मुखिया
- गृहपति (gŕhpati)household role
- घर का मुखिया (ghar kā mukhiyā)household role
Hungarian családfő
- családfőhousehold role
Irish fear an tí, bean an tí
- fear an tíhousehold role
- bean an tíhousehold role
Italian capofamiglia
- capofamigliahousehold role
Japanese 世帯主, 家長
- 世帯主 (setainushi)household role
- 家長 (kachō)household role
Korean 세대주, 가장
- 세대주 (sedaeju)household role
- 가장 (gajang)household role
Latin pater familiās
- pater familiāshousehold role
Lithuanian šeiminiñkas
- šeiminiñkashousehold role
Polish głowa rodziny
- głowa rodzinyhousehold role
Romanian cap de familie
- cap de familiehousehold role
Russian глава́ семьи́
- глава́ семьи́ (glavá semʹí)household role
Slovak hlava rodiny
- hlava rodinyhousehold role
Spanish cabeza de familia/hogar, jefe/padre de familia/hogar
- cabeza de familia/hogarhousehold role
- jefe/padre de familia/hogarhousehold role
Ukrainian голова́ сім'ї́, голова́ роди́ни
- голова́ сім'ї́ (holová simʺjí)household role
- голова́ роди́ни (holová rodýny)household role
- голова́ домогоспода́рства (holová domohospodárstva)household role
Cite this entry
APA
head of household. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/head%20of%20household
MLA
“head of household.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/head%20of%20household. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “head of household,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/head%20of%20household.
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