"homemaker" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-homemaker.wav Forms: homemakers [plural]
Etymology: From home + maker. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|home|maker}} home + maker Head templates: {{en-noun}} homemaker (plural homemakers)
  1. (US) A person who maintains the administration and upkeep of his or her residence, especially one who is not employed outside the home; one who runs the household. Wikipedia link: homemaker Tags: US Categories (topical): Household, People Derived forms: displaced homemaker Related terms: homemaking, farmwife, househusband, housespouse, housewife Translations (person who maintains his or her residence): رَبّ بَيْت (rabb bayt) [masculine] (Arabic), رَبّة بَيْت (alt: rabba(t) bayt) [feminine] (Arabic), homme au foyer [masculine] (French), femme au foyer [feminine] (French), Hausmann [masculine] (German), Hausfrau [feminine] (German), háztartásbeli (Hungarian), casalingo [masculine] (Italian), casalinga [feminine] (Italian), amo de casa [masculine] (Spanish), ama de casa [feminine] (Spanish), hemmafru [feminine] (Swedish), hemmaman [masculine] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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