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displaced homemaker

noun

  1. a woman recently divorced, separated, or widowed after many years as a homemaker.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of displaced homemaker1

First recorded in 1975–80
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Example Sentences

In the process of getting divorced and mother to a young son, she qualified as a displaced homemaker and was eligible for worker retraining.

While in the process of qualifying for federal food assistance, Bothi discovered that she also qualified for a workers’ retraining program as a “displaced homemaker.”

What does it take as a qualify as a displaced homemaker?

Those who may qualifying as displaced homemakers can check an on-campus Workforce Education department to discover guidelines and documents required to qualify as a displaced homemaker under worker retraining.

“When the son was transferred, Grandpa didn’t move with them so he became a displaced homemaker.”

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