homemaker
Americannoun
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homemakers
plural
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a person who manages the household of their own family, especially as a principal occupation.
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a person employed to manage a household and do household chores for others, as for the sick or elderly.
noun
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a person, esp a housewife, who manages a home
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a social worker who manages a household during the incapacity of the housewife
Sensitive Note
See housewife.
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Her father, Jaiveer, works as a home guard, while her mother, Joginder, is a homemaker.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
There’s an additional slathering of irony in Garner, the woman behind “Alias” superspy Sydney Bristow, playing the happy homemaker.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Tyler was born Gaynor Hopkins on June 8, 1951, to homemaker Elsie and coal miner Glyndwr, and was one of seven children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The son of a doctor of traditional medicine and a homemaker, Balen studied to be a civil engineer, and later helped rebuild homes lost in Nepal’s deadly 2015 earthquake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Trout was talking to a Maggie White, who had given up being a dental assistant to become a homemaker for an optometrist.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
On social media, for instance, “trad wives” or traditional wives are embracing being homemakers, while their husbands provide for the family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2025
His workbook from 1945 showed homemakers and D.I.Y. types how to impose whimsy on their own lives and furniture via upcycling.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2024
An Indian court's recent verdict that significantly expands the rights of homemakers over their husband's property has been hailed as a positive sign by women's rights advocates.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2023
Thus, the shift in the aesthetics of play kitchens may, at least in part, point to the growing pressure some homemakers feel to turn their own kitchens into a trophy of domestic achievement.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2023
A newspaper clipping with recipes and tips for homemakers.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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