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hausfrau

noun

Definition of hausfrau

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

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Starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni, the 1977 classic follows an encounter between a housewife and a gay man in Fascist Rome on the day of Hitler’s visit to Mussolini.

— Lise Pedersen, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
As a shrinking-violet housewife who comes alive under the magic of live theater in The Debut, Moore was the toast of Telluride, to the point where screenings of the film regularly received mid-movie applause breaks.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of housewife

Noun

His father, George, worked for the post office for more than four decades, and his mother, Mary, was a homemaker.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
His mother was a homemaker known in the community for her civic involvement, particularly in local arts programs.

— Rachel Brodsky, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of homemaker

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Everyone from the front-desk employees to the housekeepers to the yoga instructors were helpful and attentive.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
By tightening those subplots, the series focuses more by design on exploring the inner lives of Cathy, Adam and Lee (Hoon Lee) — the Trask’s cook and housekeeper who becomes a second parent of sorts to Charles’ twin boys, Cal and Aron.

— Max Gao, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026

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