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

My mother, Margaret, was a homemaker who worked one day a week as a nurse.

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I will quit my job in December 2026, and my wife is a homemaker.

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The only path I could see was, if your art made a lot of money, then you’d be excused from being the perfect homemaker.

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Collins was well into her 40s when she starred in “Shirley Valentine,” a witty but disgruntled homemaker who accepts a girlfriend’s offer to travel to Greece to bring much-needed spice back to her life.

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Before the conflict, Ms Radha was a homemaker and her husband worked as a labourer.

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