一いっ家かの長ちょう

expression, noun

head of a family

Refers to the person who leads or represents a household, often the patriarch or matriarch. A formal, somewhat literary term.

• 彼かれは一いっ家かの長ちょうとして家か族ぞくを支ささえている。

  As the head of the family, he supports his household.