House

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United States

A particular chamber of political representation More generally, a shortened name for any chamber of a legislature that is named "House of...", especially where the other chamber(s) are not so named, or where there is no other chamber (unicameral).

proper noun

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A particular chamber of political representation More generally, a shortened name for any chamber of a legislature that is named "House of...", especially where the other chamber(s) are not so named, or where there is no other chamber (unicameral).
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A placename: A village in Quay County, New Mexico, United States.
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A placename: An unincorporated community in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States.
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A topographic surname from Middle English for someone residing in a house (as opposed to a hut) or in a religious house.
The incumbent and embattled Henyard lost Tuesday’s Democratic primary to Trustee Jason House by a landslide, with House winning nearly 90% of the vote.
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datedChrist Church, Oxford.
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Variant of House of RepresentativesA particular chamber of political representation Ellipsis of House of Representatives.
Prop. 50 proponents, including Newsom and Democrats in the state Legislature and in Congress, say the proposition is needed to counteract Texas’ recent redistricting efforts to give the GOP more House seats.
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Variant of House of CommonsA particular chamber of political representation Ellipsis of House of Commons.
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Variant of House of ParliamentA particular chamber of political representation Ellipsis of House of Parliament.

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.

Forms

plural: Houses

Hound · A small village and civil parish in Eastleigh borough,…hour · A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).house · A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.

House · A particular chamber of political representation More generally, a shortened name for any chamber of a legislature that is named "House of...",…

household · All the persons who live in a given house or other home; a…Household · A surname.housekeeper · Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the…

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