homemaker
noun
home·mak·er
ˈhōm-ˌmā-kər 
: one who manages a household especially as a spouse and parent
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TV commercials often show happy homemakers.
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Her father, Barry, was a Broadway producer (Ulysses in Nighttown) and publicist (Kismet, Bus Stop), and her mother, Ruth, was a homemaker.
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Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026
His mother was a homemaker and his father worked in scrap metal.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Born May 29, 1947, in Coalville, Utah, Geary was the son of Russell Dean Geary, a contractor who also owned a construction business, and Dana Geary, a homemaker who assisted with the family business as a bookkeeper.
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Near Philadelphia, Melissa Ritzius, a 50-year-old homemaker, was similarly unimpressed with the sales at the Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store.
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Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026
His mother was a homemaker and his father worked in scrap metal.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Born May 29, 1947, in Coalville, Utah, Geary was the son of Russell Dean Geary, a contractor who also owned a construction business, and Dana Geary, a homemaker who assisted with the family business as a bookkeeper.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Near Philadelphia, Melissa Ritzius, a 50-year-old homemaker, was similarly unimpressed with the sales at the Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store.
—Jaewon Kang, Fortune, 28 Nov. 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 1 Feb. 2026.
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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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