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1. (n.) housewife
a married woman who manages her own household, esp. as her principal occupation.
2. housewife
Brit. a small case for sewing articles.
Etymology: (1175–1225)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) housewife, homemaker, lady of the house, woman of the house
a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
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1. (noun) housewife
***a woman who cooks and cleans at home while her husband goes to work
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) housewife
the wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household
2. (noun) housewife
a little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; -- called also hussy
3. (noun) housewife
a hussy
4. (verb) housewife
alt. of Housewive
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Sense: a woman who looks after her house, her husband and her family, and who usually does not have a job outside the home.
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 Afrikaans: huisvrou |
 Arabic: ربَّة مَنْزِل |
 Bulgarian: домакиня |
 Brazilian: dona de casa |
 Czech: paní domu |
 German: die Hausfrau |
 Danish: husmor; hjemmegående husm |
 Greek: νοικοκυρά |
 Spanish: ama de casa |
 Estonian: koduperenaine |
 Farsi: زن خانه دار |
 Finnish: kotiäiti |
 French: ménagère |
 Hebrew: עָקֶרֶת בַּיִת |
 Hindi: घर की संचालिका, गृहिणी |
 Croatian: kucanica |
 Hungarian: háziasszony |
 Indonesian: ibu rumah tangga |
 Icelandic: húsmóðir |
 Italian: casalinga |
 Japanese: 主婦 |
 Korean: 주부 |
 Lithuanian: namų šeimininkė |
 Latvian: mājsaimniece |
 Malay: suri rumah |
 Dutch: huisvrouw |
 Norwegian: husmor |
 Polish: kobieta niepracująca |
 Persian: زن خانه دار |
 Pashto: کور لرونکی ښځه |
 Portuguese: dona de casa |
 Romanian: (femeie) casnică |
 Russian: домохозяйка |
 Slovak: žena v domácnosti |
 Slovenian: gospodinja |
 Serbian: domaćica |
 Swedish: husmor, hemmafru |
 Thai: แม่บ้าน |
 Turkish: ev kadını/hanımı |
 Taiwanese: 家庭主婦 |
 Ukrainian: домашня господарка |
 Urdu: خاتون خانہ |
 Vietnamese: bà nội trợ |
 Chinese: 家庭主妇 |
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