hausfrau
noun
a housewife.
hausfraus
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pluralof hausfrau.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The "I Love Lucy" of Shakespeare's canon, "Merry Wives" borrowed from French and Italian farce to depict two Windsor hausfraus handily outwitting male jealousy, greed and lust.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2011
What a time those hausfraus had polishing up their silver, pewter, brass, and copper treasures, in opening up best rooms, and newly sanding the floors in devious intricate designs!
From Yule-Tide in Many Lands by L. J. (Lewis Jesse) Bridgman
