House

See also: house

English

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.

House (countable and uncountable, plural Houses)

(politics) A particular chamber of political representation
1. (US politics, as "the House") Ellipsis of House of Representatives.
2. (politics, Westminsterian parliamentary systems) Ellipsis of House of Commons.
3. (politics) Ellipsis of House of Parliament.
4. 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:
1. A village in Quay County, New Mexico, United States.
2. 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.
- 2025 February 25, Gabriel Castillo, Jenna Barnes, Ben Bradley, Michael Johnson, Erik Runge, “Defeated in Dolton: Trustee Jason House beats incumbent Mayor Tiffany Henyard by landslide in primary”, in WGN-TV‎^[1], archived from the original on 27 February 2025:
  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.
(Oxford University slang, dated) Christ Church, Oxford.

House of Representatives — see House of Representatives

House of Commons — see House of Commons

Borrowed from English house. Doublet of Haus.

House m (strong, genitive Houses or House, no plural)

Declension of House [sg-only, masculine, strong]