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household (n.)

late 14c., "members of a family collectively (including servants)," also "furniture and articles belonging to a house;" see house (n.) + hold (n.1). As an adjective, "of or pertaining to house and family, domestic," from late 14c. Compare householder. Household word, one that is in very familiar use, is from 1590s; variant household name is from 1862.

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Definitions of household from WordNet

household (n.)
a social unit living together;
It was a good Christian household
Synonyms: family / house / home / menage
From wordnet.princeton.edu