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Housewife

Housewife Meaning & Definition
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

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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.

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