housewife
Meanings
Plural: housewifes, housewives
Noun
- a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
- A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid] employment is homemaking.
- The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
- A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work.
- A worthless woman; a hussy.
Verb
- Alternative form of housewive.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English houswyf, housewif, huswijf, equivalent to house + wife; a doublet of hussy, which it was long distinguished from and displaced due to gradual negative connotation (see Online Etymology Dictionary entry). Cognate with German Hausweib.
Scrabble Score: 18
housewife is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordhousewife is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
housewife is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
housewife is a valid Words With Friends word