House.
A particular chamber of political representation
Meaning & usage
A particular chamber of political representation Ellipsis of House of Representatives.
A particular chamber of political representation Ellipsis of House of Commons.
A particular chamber of political representation Ellipsis of House of Parliament.
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).
A placename: A village in Quay County, New Mexico, United States.
A placename: An unincorporated community in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States.
A topographic surname from Middle English for someone residing in a house (as opposed to a hut) or in a religious house.
Christ Church, Oxford.
Where this word comes from
* 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.
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