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Housewife

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A woman who manages her own household as her main occupation.

n. A small container for needles, thread, and other sewing equipment.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.

n. A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; – called also hussy.

v. Alternative form of housewive.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.

n. A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; -- called also hussy.

n. A hussy.

v. To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The mistress of a family; the wife of a householder; a female manager of domestic affairs.

To manage like a housewife, or with skill and thrift; economize.

n. A case for pins, needles, thread, scissors, etc.: same as hussy.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income

Word Usage

"I just found this interesting commentary on Alertnet taking about the "Housewife theory on History," and looks at some of the political moves women have made, using the label housewife to strategically get places and say things that would not otherwise have been heard."

Equivalent

housewive

Antonym

househusband

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

married woman wife homemaker

Cross Reference

housewife's cloth

Variant

housewives hussy huswife

Form

housewifization housewifely housewifery

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

economize wife cotquean

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

businessman housekeeper workman artisan shopkeeper