hausfrau
Americannoun
plural
hausfraus, hausfrauennoun
Etymology
Origin of hausfrau
1790–1800; < German, equivalent to Haus house + Frau wife, woman
Example Sentences
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Humphries’ obituaries have demarcated the journey she took to get here, from frumpy 1950s Melbourne hausfrau to 1980s glamazon, yet once she arrived, she seemed to have been waiting for us all along.
From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2023
Much as I adored “Hairspray,” I had trouble accepting his assertion that Edna, his hausfrau character, “is now as iconic a Broadway dame as Mame, Dolly or Miss Adelaide.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2022
How Steve McQueen stole Ali MacGraw from the Paramount honcho Bob Evans, turning her into a high-class hausfrau and torpedoing her career.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2013
They look a bit incongruous with the gray hausfrau dress, genteel pearls and headscarf worn in the Seattle Repertory Theatre production by actor Nick Garrison.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2012
"Hans is not so bad," said the hausfrau complacently, and John's compliment won him an unusually good room that night.
From The Hosts of the Air by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
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