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HOUSEWIFE
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Irregular inflected form: housewives
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
Synonyms:
homemaker; housewife; lady of the house; woman of the house
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("housewife" is a kind of...):
married woman; wife (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)
Derivation:
housewifely (related or suited to a housewife)
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