homemaker

[hohm-mey-ker]

noun

1. a person who manages the household of their own family, especially as a principal occupation.

2. a person employed to manage a household and do household chores for others, as for the sick or elderly.

homemaker

/ ˈhəʊmˌmeɪkə /

noun

1. a person, esp a housewife, who manages a home

2. a social worker who manages a household during the incapacity of the housewife

Sensitive Note

See housewife.

Other Word Forms

• homemaking noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of homemaker¹

First recorded in 1885–90; home + maker

Example Sentences

Her father was a civil engineer and her mother a homemaker; it was a loving and supportive family.

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Her father was the production manager of Automotive News and her mother was a homemaker who held leadership roles at various charities within the Jewish community.

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Since the time she was a child in Long Beach, raised by a firefighter and homemaker, King has been filling history books.

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“My mom was a homemaker and my dad worked in a grocery store. We didn’t have much, but they were always there,” Vallejo recounted.

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The younger of two boys, his father Charles was a salesman and his mother, Elsa, a homemaker.

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