Found 3 items, similar to Housewife.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: housewife
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: housewife
housewife
n : a wife who who manages a household while her husband earns
the family income [syn:
homemaker,
lady of the house,
woman of the house]
[also:
housewives (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Housewife
Housewife
\House"wife`\, n. [House + wife. Cf.
Hussy.]
1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the
female head of a household. --Shak.
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He a good husband, a good housewife she. --Dryden.
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2. (Usually pronounced ?.) [See
Hussy, in this sense.] A
little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for
other articles of female work; -- called also
hussy.
[Written also
huswife.] --P. Skelton.
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3. A hussy. [R.] [Usually written
huswife.] --Shak.
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Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag.
Housewife
\House"wife`\, Housewive
\House"wive`\, v. t.
To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other
female manager; to economize.
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Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they
have well housewived. --Fuller.
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