as in wife
chiefly US
a person who does work at home and usually does not have another job outside the home
TV commercials often show happy homemakers.
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Mary Jeannette Shriver Jones was born at home on West Terrace Road to John Marshall Jones, a businessman, and Mary Jeannette Shriver Jones, a homemaker.
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Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2024
She was described as a homemaker and a long-standing member of a bridge club.
—Sarah Braunstein, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
His father, Frank, was a banker and his mother, Catherine, a homemaker.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2024
His father, Raymond Curran, was a mortician and funeral home director, and his mother, Virginia, was a homemaker.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2024
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Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2024
She was described as a homemaker and a long-standing member of a bridge club.
—Sarah Braunstein, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
His father, Frank, was a banker and his mother, Catherine, a homemaker.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2024
His father, Raymond Curran, was a mortician and funeral home director, and his mother, Virginia, was a homemaker.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2024
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“Homemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homemaker. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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