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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The girls were the children of David Schoo, a then-45-year-old engineer, and his homemaker wife, Sharon, then 35.
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Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
His father, Gerard, was a machinist and electrician and his mother, Eleanor, a homemaker.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 15 Nov. 2025
The film centers on an exhausted homemaker whose life takes an unexpected turn when an unusual accident catapults her back in time to her younger years.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Scales starred as a newlywed, frustrated homemaker settling into domesticity with her office worker husband played by Richard Briers.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
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Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
His father, Gerard, was a machinist and electrician and his mother, Eleanor, a homemaker.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 15 Nov. 2025
The film centers on an exhausted homemaker whose life takes an unexpected turn when an unusual accident catapults her back in time to her younger years.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Scales starred as a newlywed, frustrated homemaker settling into domesticity with her office worker husband played by Richard Briers.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 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 23 Nov. 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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