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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English houshold, equivalent to house + hold. Cognate with Scots houshald, housald, housell, howsell (“household”), Dutch huishouden (“household”), German Haushalt (“household”), Swedish hushåll (“household, family”), Norwegian husholdning (“household”).
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Noun[edit]
household (plural households)
- Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 5:
- Although I was a member of the royal household, I was not among the privileged few who were trained for rule.
- Jonathan Swift
- And calls, without affecting airs, / His household twice a day to prayers.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 5:
- (obsolete) A line of ancestry; a race or house.
- 1592, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, IV. vi. 39:
- In thee thy mother dies, our household's name, / My death's revenge, thy youth, and England's fame.
- 1592, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, IV. vi. 39:
Translations[edit]
those living in the same residence
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Adjective[edit]
household (not comparable)
- Belonging to the same house and family.
- Of anything found in or having its origin in a home.
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from household
Translations[edit]
belonging to same house and family
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