House

Meaning

1. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) A particular chamber of political representation
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) A particular chamber of political representation
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) A particular chamber of political representation
4. (countable, uncountable) A particular chamber of political representation
5. (countable, uncountable) A placename:
6. (countable, uncountable) A placename:
7. (countable, uncountable) A topographic surname from Middle English for someone residing in a house (as opposed to a hut) or in a religious house.
8. (countable, dated, uncountable) Christ Church, Oxford.

Synonyms

assembly hall

dynasty

house

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London Stock Exchange

Translations

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Sitzungssaal

House

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Haus

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Ιατρικές υποθέσεις

maison

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Maison

House

Dr House

Dr. House

Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun house.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Howes.
* Also as a topographic English surname, from a derivative of Old English hyse (“place overgrown with water plants”), from hos (“bramble, thorn, sprout”). This may have also made its way into Hose, Huss.
* As a German surname, calqued from the surname Haus.

Sentences

By this time he was the Father of the House of Representatives .

By his third term Nein was serving as majority floor leader of the House .

The current president of Tyndale House is Mark D . Taylor .

After Democrats lost their House majority , Wainwright was elected deputy minority leader .

Wolff attended Shirley House Preparatory School and Beaumont College in Windsor , England .