homemaker

English

Etymology

From home +‎ maker.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: home‧maker

Noun

homemaker (plural homemakers)

1. (US) A person who maintains the administration and upkeep of his or her residence, especially one who is not employed outside the home; one who runs the household.
   • 1979, Lillian B. Rubin, Women of a Certain Age: The Midlife Search for Self, page 233:

     Forty-seven-year-old homemaker and volunteer museum guide, holder of a master's degree in English, married twenty-three years to a professor.

Derived terms

• displaced homemaker

Related terms

• homemaking

Translations

person who maintains his or her residence

• Arabic: رَبّ بَيْت m (rabb bayt), رَبّة بَيْت f (rabba(t) bayt)
• French: homme au foyer (fr) m, femme au foyer (fr) f
• German: Hausmann (de) m, Hausfrau (de) f
• Hungarian: háztartásbeli (hu)
• Italian: casalingo (it) m, casalinga (it) f
• Spanish: amo de casa (es) m, ama de casa (es) f
• Swedish: hemmafru (sv) f, hemmaman (sv) m

See also

• farmwife
• househusband
• housespouse
• housewife