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House.

A particular chamber of political representation

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  1. A particular chamber of political representation Ellipsis of House of Representatives.

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  2. A particular chamber of political representation Ellipsis of House of Commons.

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  3. A particular chamber of political representation Ellipsis of House of Parliament.

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  4. 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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  5. A placename: A village in Quay County, New Mexico, United States.

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  6. A placename: An unincorporated community in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States.

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  7. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone residing in a house (as opposed to a hut) or in a religious house.

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  8. Christ Church, Oxford.

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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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