| NOUN | person | head of household | the head of a household or family or tribe |
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| Meaning | The head of a household or family or tribe. | |
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| Narrower | matriarch, materfamilias | A female head of a family or tribe |
| 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 | |
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