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house·wife

Audio Help [hous-wahyf or, usually, huhz-if for 2] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -wives

Audio Help [-wahyvz] Pronunciation Key, verb, -wifed, -wif·ing.

–noun

1.	a married woman who manages her own household, esp. as her principal occupation.

2.	British. a sewing box; a small case or box for needles, thread, etc.

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

3.	Archaic. to manage with efficiency and economy, as a household.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME hus(e)wif. See house, wife

]

—Usage note 1. Housewife is offensive to some, perhaps because of an implied contrast with career woman (just a housewife) and perhaps because it defines an occupation in terms of a woman's relation to a man. Homemaker is a common substitute.

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house·wife Audio Help (hous'wīf') Pronunciation Key
n. pl. house·wives (-wīvz')

A woman who manages her own household as her main occupation.
(hŭz'ĭf) A small container for needles, thread, and other sewing equipment.

[Middle English houswif : hous, house; see house + wife, wife; see wife.]

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housewife
noun
a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈhousewife noun — plural ˈhousewives

a woman who looks after her house, her husband and her family, and who usually does not have a job outside the home

Arabic:	ربَّة مَنْزِل
Chinese (Simplified):	家庭主妇
Chinese (Traditional):	家庭主婦
Czech:	paní domu
Danish:	husmor; hjemmegående husmor
Dutch:	huisvrouw
Estonian:	koduperenaine
Finnish:	kotiäiti
French:	ménagère
German:	die Hausfrau
Greek:	νοικοκυρά
Hungarian:	háziasszony
Icelandic:	húsmóðir
Indonesian:	ibu rumah tangga
Italian:	casalinga

Japanese:	主婦
Latvian:	mājsaimniece
Lithuanian:	namų šeimininkė
Norwegian:	husmor
Polish:	kobieta niepracująca
Portuguese (Brazil):	dona de casa
Portuguese (Portugal):	dona de casa
Romanian:	(femeie) casnică
Russian:	домохозяйка
Slovak:	žena v domácnosti
Slovenian:	gospodinja
Spanish:	ama de casa
Swedish:	husmor, hemmafru
Turkish:	ev kadını, *hanımı

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Housewife

House"wife`\, n. [House + wife. Cf. Hussy.]

1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. --Shak.

He a good husband, a good housewife she. --Dryden.

2. (Usually pronounced ?.) [See Hussy, in this sense.] A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; -- called also hussy. [Written also huswife.] --P. Skelton.

3. A hussy. [R.] [Usually written huswife.] --Shak.

Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag.

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Housewife

House"wife`\, Housewive \House"wive`\, v. t. To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize.

Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well housewived. --Fuller.

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