houser

From Middle English housere, equivalent to house +‎ -er.

houser (plural housers)

1. One who, or that which, houses.
   • 2003, Scott Leckie, National Perspectives on Housing Rights, page 150:

     Federal aid for foster care - in effect a houser of last resort for children from troubled families - may also be legitimately described as an entitlement.

   • 2007, Charles Clemons, Funky Shrooms and Other Exquisite Delights, page 21:

     They thought they had busted a moonshiner or a houser of illegal aliens, but what was really below their feet was beyond their wildest imaginations!

   • 2013, Philip McCallion, Housing for the Elderly: Policy and Practice Issues, page 230:

     Social work and gerontological literature for the most part have omitted Haniet Tubman's role as a houser of the aged.

2. (informal) A house music track.
   • 1999, Billboard, volume 111, number 29, page 29:

     "The Disco" is a sweet and summery horn-fueled gem, while "Sweet Music" is a gospel-infused peak houser that we'd love to hear alongside Bohannon's disco stomper "Let's Start The Dance."

• Houser

• houres

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫserъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦou̯sɛr]
• Hyphenation: hou‧ser
• Homophone: Houser
• Rhymes: -sɛr

houser m anim

1. gander (male goose)
2. (pathology) low back pain, lumbago

   Synonyms: hexenšus, ischias, lumbago

• houser in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• houser in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• houser in Internetová jazyková příručka