homemaker

English

Etymology

home +‎ maker

Noun

homemaker (plural homemakers)

  1. (US) A person who maintains the upkeep of his or her residence, especially one who is not employed outside the home.
    • 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.

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