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HOMEMAKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does homemaker mean?
• HOMEMAKER (noun)
The noun HOMEMAKER has 1 sense:
1. a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
Familiarity information: HOMEMAKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
homemaker; housewife; lady of the house; woman of the house
Hypernyms ("homemaker" is a kind of...):
married woman; wife (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)
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