Definitions for Housewife
ˈhaʊsˌwaɪf or, usu., ˈhʌz ɪf for 2 ; -ˌwaɪvz or, usu., -ɪfs or -ɪvz for 2house·wife

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. housewife, homemaker, lady of the house, woman of the housenoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. housewifenoun

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

2. housewifenoun

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Housewifenoun

   1.

   Etymology: house and wife.

   You will think it unfit for a good housewife to stir in or to busy herself about her housewifry. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   I have room enough, but the kind and hearty housewife is dead. Alexander Pope, to Swift.

   2 . A female œconomist.

   Fitting is a mantle for a bad man, and surely for a bad housewife it is no less convenient; for some of them, that be wandering women, it is half a wardrobe. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   Let us sit and mock the good housewife, fortune, from her wheel, that her gifts may henceforth be disposed equally. William Shakespeare.

   Farmers in degree,
   He a good husband, a good housewife she. Dryden.

   Early housewives leave the bed,
   When living embers on the hearth are spread. Dryden.

   The fairest among the daughters of Britain shew themselves good stateswomen as well as good housewives. Joseph Addison, Freehold.

   3. One skilled in female business.

   He was bred up under the tuition of a tender mother, ’till she made him as good an housewife as herself: he could preserve apricocks, and make jellies. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Housewife

   A housewife (also known as a homemaker or a stay-at-home mother/mom/mum) is a woman whose role is running or managing her family's home—housekeeping, which includes caring for her children; cleaning and maintaining the home; making, buying and/or mending clothes for the family; buying, cooking, and storing food for the family; buying goods that the family needs for everyday life; partially or solely managing the family budget—and who is not employed outside the home (i.e., a career woman). The male equivalent is the househusband. Webster's Dictionary defines a housewife as a married woman who is in charge of her household. The British Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1901) defines a housewife as "the mistress of a household; a female domestic manager [...]". In British English, a small sewing kit is also sometimes called a huswif,: 115  housewife or hussif.In the Western world, stereotypical gender roles, particularly for women, were challenged by the feminist movement in the latter 20th century to allow women to choose whether to be homemakers or to have a career. Changing economics also increased the prevalence of two-income households.

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1. housewife

   A housewife is a married woman who manages her own household as her main occupation and has chosen not to work outside the home. Her duties usually include cooking, cleaning, taking care of children, and managing the family's general domestic affairs.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Housewifenoun

   the wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household

2. Housewifenoun

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

3. Housewifenoun

   a hussy

4. Housewifeverb

   alt. of Housewive

5. Etymology: [House + wife. Cf. Hussy.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. housewife

   See HUZ-ZIF.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Housewife' in Nouns Frequency: #3019

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Housewife in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Housewife in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Housewife in a Sentence

1. Katharine Hepburn:

   Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it . I would have made a terrible mother.

2. Jim Burroughs:

   I don't believe these feelings are mutually exclusive, i think you can admire what someone has, but also be jealous of what they have as a result of these implicit comparisons to yourself. So when you see the' real housewife' who drives a Bentley you can simultaneously admire her and resent her.

3. Michael Rapaport:

   I consider Bethenny Frankel to be the greatest' Housewife.' I equate her as the Michael Jordan of' Housewives' because of The New Edition Story, The New Edition Story that she left the show in her prime and was bigger, stronger and more powerful than ever.

4. Phyllis Mcginley:

   To be a housewife is ... a difficult, a wrenching, sometimes an ungrateful job if it is looked on only as a job. Regarded as a profession, it is the noblest as it is the most ancient of the catalogue. Let none persuade us differently or the world is lost indeed.

5. Bill Shine:

   And I'm sure you heard the rumor that Barack Obama couldn't get a security clearance required to work for the FBI or CIA, and I want to know if this is true. I mean I'm just a little housewife at home, living my life, taking care of my children. But I'm concerned if we're going to have a president that could not pass a security clearance. Especially, aren't we in a war against terrorism? Aren't we, like, fighting terrorists? So why wouldn't we have a security check for a man who's going to run the country? And I mean not just Barack Obama, but what about our senators, our congresspeople? Do they go through the same security background check as a CIA person would have to go through? I never thought about this.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Housewife
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Housewife
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Housewife
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housewife
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Housewife
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Housewife