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Many :: Many (n.) A retinue of servants; a household.

Greencloth :: Greencloth (n.) A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates..

Economics :: Economics (n.) The science of household affairs, or of domestic management..

Belonging :: Belonging (n.) Family; relations; household.

Plenishing :: Plenishing (n.) Household furniture; stock.

Ewry :: Ewry (n.) An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept.

Economical :: Economical (a.) Pertaining to the household; domestic.

Hobgoblin :: Hobgoblin (n.) A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow..

Housecarl :: Housecarl (n.) A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King Canute..

Checkroll :: Checkroll (n.) A list of servants in a household; -- called also chequer roll.

Page :: Page (n.) A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body..

Householder :: Householder (n.) The master or head of a family; one who occupies a house with his family.

Betty :: Betty (n.) A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters..

Knight Marshal :: Knight marshal () An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties..

Purveyor :: Purveyor (n.) An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household..

Serve :: Serve (v. i.) To perform domestic offices; to be occupied with household affairs; to prepare and dish up food, etc..

House :: House (n.) Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below.

Voider :: Voider (n.) A tray, or basket, formerly used to receive or convey that which is voided or cleared away from a given place; especially, one for carrying off the remains of a meal, as fragments of food; sometimes, a basket for containing household articles, as clothes, etc..

Master :: Master (n.) A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The direct

Messuage :: Messuage (n.) A dwelling house, with the adjacent buildings and curtilage, and the adjoining lands appropriated to the use of the household..

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