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live-in en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɪvˌɪn/

Etymology

Etymology tree English live Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Germanic *in Proto-West Germanic *in Old English in Middle English in English in English live-in From live + in.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) 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.
   • 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. 2021 January 14, Tamar Lapin, “Ashli Babbitt, Air Force vet killed at Capitol, was in a ‘throuple’”, in New York Post, retrieved 22 Jul 2021:

Deriveds

live-in son-in-law

Translations (4)

es puertas adentro (living on the premises) · es interna (living on the premises) · es conviviente (living on the premises) · pl zamieszkały na miejscu (living on the premises)

live-in en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɪvˌɪn/

Etymology

Etymology tree English live Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Germanic *in Proto-West Germanic *in Old English in Middle English in English in English live-in From live + in.

Meanings

1. A household employee or domestic partner who lives on the premises of the employer or partner.
   • 30, Camb seeks one man lover 20-32: shd lke domestic evenings, books, edc people, travel. Possible live-in for right guy. 1974 February 2, “ATTRAC, WELL OFF HARV-ED GWM (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 14:
   • […] 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. 2001, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Doméstica, page 31:
2. A firefighter who lives at the fire station.

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