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haus⋅frau

[hous-frou]
–noun, plural -fraus, -frau⋅en [-frou-uhn] .
a housewife.

Origin:
1790–1800; < G, equiv. to Haus house + Frau wife, woman
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haus·frau   (hous'frou')   
n.  A housewife.

[German : Haus, house (from Middle High German hūs, from Old High German) + Frau, wife; see Frau.]
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