as in wife
a married woman in charge of a household
She was career-minded and never intended to be a 1950s style housewife.
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Recent Examples of housewife
His mother, Alicia, a housewife, enabled the abuse.
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Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Barbara Stanwyck stars yet again, now assuming the role of a columnist who chronicles her fictitious life as a housewife at a bucolic Connecticut farm.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2024
The film follows Laly, a Kerala housewife whose migrant worker husband in the Gulf region suddenly stops calling home after years of separation.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
The siloed role of wife-mother and the persistent belief that women should not aspire for lives beyond the home led to a sense of malaise and disillusionment among housewives.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
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Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Barbara Stanwyck stars yet again, now assuming the role of a columnist who chronicles her fictitious life as a housewife at a bucolic Connecticut farm.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2024
The film follows Laly, a Kerala housewife whose migrant worker husband in the Gulf region suddenly stops calling home after years of separation.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
The siloed role of wife-mother and the persistent belief that women should not aspire for lives beyond the home led to a sense of malaise and disillusionment among housewives.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Housewife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housewife. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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