[ noun ] a woman employed as a chaperon in a residence for young people <noun.person>
The former housemother, Sallyanne Brown, is seeking unspecified damages and back pay from Northeastern Hospital in a civil lawsuit that went to trial Monday in Common Pleas Court.
"The housemother would not allow the officers in," Caldwell said. "Then she turns around and criticizes us for not taking any action." Caldwell said prosecutors will consider such charges as unlawful entry, indecent exposure and theft.
Ms. Hickman said the dormitory housemother has the responsibility for controlling who comes into the building after curfew, and that hospital rules prohibited the entrance of unauthorized people.