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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As the lady of the house, Hüller cuts a loathsome, terrifying figure: She’s a hausfrau Lady Macbeth, all inelegant vanity and hectoring manipulation.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2023
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
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
"For now I'm going to be a hausfrau."
From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2011
Here, again, the good qualities of Aunt Hedwig came to the front, for to her intelligent direction was due the rather surprising success that attended Roschen's ambitious attempt to become so early a hausfrau.
From An Idyl Of The East Side 1891 by Smedley, W. T. (William Thomas)
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