live-in

English

Etymology

From live +‎ in.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪvˌɪn/

Adjective

live-in (not comparable)

  1. Living on the premises; usually said of a household employee or a domestic partner.
    A live-in maid is a true luxury, but even a maid once a week is great.
    • 2021 January 14, Tamar Lapin, “Ashli Babbitt, Air Force vet killed at Capitol, was in a ‘throuple’”, in New York Post‎[1], retrieved 22 July 2021:
      The Air Force veteran fatally shot by police during last week’s US Capitol riot had been in a “throuple” with her husband and their live-in girlfriend, according to reports.

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Noun

live-in (plural live-ins)

  1. A household employee or domestic partner who lives on the premises of the employer or partner.
    • 1974 February 2, “ATTRAC, WELL OFF HARV-ED GWM (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 14:
      30, Camb seeks one man lover 20-32: shd lke domestic evenings, books, edc people, travel. Possible live-in for right guy.
    • 2001, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Doméstica, page 31:
      […] but that doesn't stop families from hiring live-ins; nor does it stop newly arrived Latina migrant workers from taking jobs they urgently need.
  2. A firefighter who lives at the fire station.

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