homemakers

plural of homemaker
as in wives
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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Recent Examples of homemakers Around him sat ten women—all of them homemakers and nurses—and one seven-year-old girl. Joshua Sharpe august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • What is perhaps surprising is that some parents and soon-to-be parents cling so tightly to old wives tales in the face of so much technological advancement.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Your favorite doctors and doctors’ wives are on call in Vegas with the perfect prescription of honesty, humor and heady shade.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That’s clear from the moment the housewives start to arrive.
    Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Saint John wasn't the first to speak about this condition, as housewives from New York, Potomac and Atlanta also have shared their journeys through the years.
    Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Their three children's longtime nanny, Maria Turrion Borrallo, and housekeepers will likely stay in smaller properties nearby.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Professional housekeepers are all about working smarter, not harder.
    Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Homemakers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homemakers. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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