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housewife

[ hous-wahyfor, usually, huhz-if ]

noun

plural housewives
  1. Sometimes Offensive. a married woman who manages her own household, especially as her principal occupation.
  2. British. a sewing box; a small case or box for needles, thread, etc.


verb (used with or without object)

housewifed, housewifing.
  1. Archaic. to manage with efficiency and economy, as a household.

housewife

/ 藞ha蕣s藢w瑟f蓹r瑟; -藢w瑟fr瑟; 藞ha蕣s藢wa瑟f /

noun

  1. a woman, typically a married woman, who keeps house, usually without having paid employment
  2. Also calledhussyhuswife藞h蕦z瑟f a small sewing kit issued to soldiers
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Sensitive Note

Most people, married or unmarried, find the term housewife perfectly acceptable. But it is sometimes perceived as insulting, perhaps because it implies a lowly status (鈥淪he鈥檚 just a housewife鈥) or because it defines an occupation in terms of a woman's relation to a man. Homemaker is a fairly common substitute.
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Derived Forms

  • housewifery, noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of housewife1

First recorded in 1175鈥1225; Middle English hus(e)wif; house, wife
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A frustrated filmmaker trapped in the role of housewife, she found herself increasingly alienated from Matthew, who seemed content with their conventional existence.

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And in an episode dedicated to Astoria 鈥 a nice change of view 鈥 a stereotypical housewife from a TV coffee commercial materializes in her living room.

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But the videos of them acting like 1950s housewives, making them oodles of cash from curious viewers, function as a form of propaganda.

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His father was a lumber inspector and his mother a housewife.

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In one episode, as Astoria watches a coffee commercial typical of the period, the housewife on the television set appears in the Chambers family home.

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