HyperDic: head_of_household

English > 1 sense of the expression *head of household*:
NOUN	person	head of household	the head of a household or family or tribe

English > *head of household*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	The head of a household or family or tribe.
Narrower	matriarch, materfamilias	A female head of a family or tribe
Narrower	patriarch, paterfamilias	The male head of family or tribe / tribe
Broader	head, chief, top dog	A person who is in charge
Spanish	patriarca
Catalan	patriarca