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housewife
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As a noun, housewife means a woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs.
Meanings of housewife
5 meaningsnoun
plural "housewives"A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid] employment is homemaking.
plural "housewives"The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
plural "housewifes"A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work.
A wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family incomeperson
Similar: homemaker, lady of the house, woman of the house
Older and rare meanings (1)
plural "housewives"obsoleteA worthless woman; a hussy.
verb
Alternative form of housewive
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).