househead

plural househeads

1. The head of a household, typically the primary wage-earner.

   In so far as there is any division of property, this is not occasioned by the death of the househead.

   2013, Ron P. Dore, City Life in Japan, →ISBN, page 101

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   Even in the families of full-time farmers the swift developments of post-war agriculture have prompted a shift of managing authority from the househead to his youthful heir.

   1972, Tadashi Fukutake, Japanese Rural Society, page 54

   These include all households having total incomes less than $8,500 per year with both househead and spouse working.

   1974, Harriet Caplan, Cost of living affects Pennsylvania's socio-economic groups, page 4

2. In an organization that is divided into houses, the person with authority over and responsibility for a house.

   When staying all night with a friend, a girl must obtain permission from her househead and the housemother or householder.

   1951, John Cowgill Clevenger, Student Personnel Services - Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College

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   The househead, operating on a two-thirds teaching timetable, accepts academic and pastoral responsibility for 120 11 year old pupils from specific feeder schools.

   1982, Secondary Education Journal - Volume 12, page 7

   During that period, the prospective employee is assessed by the househead and the rest of the staff. But at the end of the three-day observation period the househead is able to make a recommendation to the supervisor as to whether the prospective employee should be hired or not.

   1985, Ontario Labour Relations Board, Ontario Labour Relations Board Reports, page 1475