houser

See also: Houser

English

Etymology

From Middle English housere, equivalent to house +‎ -er.

Noun

houser (plural housers)

1. One who, or that which, houses.
   • 2003, Scott Leckie, National Perspectives on Housing Rights, page 150:

     Federal aid for foster care - in effect a houser of last resort for children from troubled families - may also be legitimately described as an entitlement.

   • 2007, Charles Clemons, Funky Shrooms and Other Exquisite Delights, page 21:

     They thought they had busted a moonshiner or a houser of illegal aliens, but what was really below their feet was beyond their wildest imaginations!

   • 2013, Philip McCallion, Housing for the Elderly: Policy and Practice Issues, page 230:

     Social work and gerontological literature for the most part have omitted Haniet Tubman's role as a houser of the aged.

2. (informal) A house music track.
   • 1999, Billboard, volume 111, number 29, page 29:

     "The Disco" is a sweet and summery horn-fueled gem, while "Sweet Music" is a gospel-infused peak houser that we'd love to hear alongside Bohannon's disco stomper "Let's Start The Dance."

Derived terms

• Houser

Anagrams

• houres

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫserъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦou̯sɛr]
• Hyphenation: hou‧ser
• Homophone: Houser
• Rhymes: -sɛr

Noun

houser m anim

1. gander (male goose)
2. (pathology) low back pain, lumbago

   Synonyms: hexenšus, ischias, lumbago

Declension

Declension of houser (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	houser	houseři
genitive	housera	houserů
dative	houserovi, houseru	houserům
accusative	housera	housery
vocative	housere	houseři
locative	houserovi, houseru	houserech
instrumental	houserem	housery

Further reading

• houser in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• houser in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• houser in Internetová jazyková příručka