woman of the house

English

Noun

woman of the house (plural women of the house)

  1. The foremost female authority figure of a household.
    Coordinate term: man of the house
    • 1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 47:
      As far as she was concerned she was the woman of the house and intended to fulfil her duties.
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