hausfrau

noun

Definition of hausfraunext
as in housewife

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Recent Examples of hausfrau Deborah Greenspan, an energetic hausfrau whose principal cause is resettling immigrants, has decided to host an inventive, and obnoxious, dinner party. — Julia M. Klein, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2023 Harry's alter ego is a dull breadwinner who, like most male suburbanites, bores his hausfrau (Jamie Lee Curtis) with the minutiae of his drab job. — Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2019 Her father was a music teacher, her mother a hausfrau or a housewife. — Carol Motsinger, Cincinnati.com, 3 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hausfrau
  1. housewife
  2. homemaker
  3. housekeeper
Noun
  • The police’s suspicions had begun after an officer questioned the housewife who worked in the pachinko parlor next door.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Or maybe that’s just how every housewife learned to make the classic dessert.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 31 July 2026
Definition of housewife
Noun
  • As Stewart herself has suggested, including in a recent People magazine interview, the wife of Prince Harry has not yet elevated herself in the professional homemaker space.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Her father, Frank, was a musician, and her mother, Ivy, a homemaker.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of homemaker
Noun
  • The actor said a housekeeper told his family that ‘God spoke to’ her about his trajectory.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The former California governor also shares youngest son Joseph Baena, 28, with former housekeeper Mildred Patricia Baena.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Definition of housekeeper

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