About The Word Housewife
Learn about the word Housewife to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Housewife definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Housewife
| Housewife Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Housewife?
[n] a wife who who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
Synonyms | Synonyms for Housewife: homemaker | lady of the house | woman of the house Related Terms | Find terms related to Housewife: See Also | married woman | wife Housewife In Webster's Dictionary \House"wife`\, n. [House + wife. Cf. {Hussy}.]
1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the
female head of a household. --Shak.
He a good husband, a good housewife she. --Dryden.
2. (Usually pronounced ?.) [See {Hussy}, in this sense.] A
little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for
other articles of female work; -- called also {hussy}.
[Written also {huswife}.] --P. Skelton.
3. A hussy. [R.] [Usually written {huswife}.] --Shak.
{Sailor's housewife}, a ditty-bag.
\House"wife`\, Housewive \House"wive`\, v. t. To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize. Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well housewived. --Fuller. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Gospeler ‐ a preacher of the…
- Twelfthtide ‐ the season…
- Fossilised ‐ set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or…
- European black alder ‐ medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins;…
- Atlantic bottlenose dolphin ‐ the most common dolphin of North Atlantic and Mediterranean;…
- Demi-glaze ‐ sauce Espagnole with extra beef stock simmered down and seasoned…
- Laid paper ‐ writing paper having a watermark of fine lines running across…
- Fra filippo lippi ‐ Italian painter whose works show a three-dimensional style…
- Ureterorenal reflux ‐ a backflow of urine from the ureter into the…
- Take in water ‐ take in water at the bilge;…