homemaker

American  

[hohm-mey-ker] / ˈhoʊmˌmeɪ kər /

noun

• homemakers
  plural

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.

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homemaker British  

/ 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

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Sensitive Note

See housewife.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• homemaking
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• homemakers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of homemaker

First recorded in 1885–90; home + maker

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

homemaker homemakers

Carmen Beltrán was a homemaker, and Carlos credits her with raising him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

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

Helen, the oldest sibling, is a domineering homemaker who has appointed herself keeper of the family recipes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 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

Cooking shows in the U.S. date to the 1920s when Betty Crocker, a fictional character created by Washburn-Crosby, the predecessor of General Mills, provided practical cooking instruction to American homemakers on the radio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

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

Then he staged a series of luncheons with homemakers.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell