homemaker
noun
home·mak·er
ˈhōm-ˌmā-kər 
: one who manages a household especially as a spouse and parent
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Her father, who had made a fortune in real estate and brewing, was president of the Cleveland Trust Company, then Ohio’s largest bank; her mother, a homemaker, enrolled her in art classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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News Desk, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2025
Before the divorce, Blinkhorn had been a full-time homemaker.
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His father, Homer, was a mortgage broker, and his mother, Jane, was a homemaker.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
Thyra Hansen, a homemaker and Tyler, Minnesota, daughter of Danish immigrants, died of cancer when Hagerty was 9.
—Hannah Shirley, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
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News Desk, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2025
Before the divorce, Blinkhorn had been a full-time homemaker.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
His father, Homer, was a mortgage broker, and his mother, Jane, was a homemaker.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
Thyra Hansen, a homemaker and Tyler, Minnesota, daughter of Danish immigrants, died of cancer when Hagerty was 9.
—Hannah Shirley, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for homemaker
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“Homemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homemaker. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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homemaker
noun
home·mak·er
ˈhōm-ˌmā-kər
: one who manages a household especially as a spouse and parent
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