n
(obsolete) the role or duration of being an abigail, or lady's maid.
n
(Judaism) ideal housewife, homemaker, hostess
adj
(derogatory, of women) Kept at home to perform the traditional duties expected of women.
n
Alternative form of bondmaiden [A bondmaid.]
adj
Befitting a charwoman.
n
(informal) A skilful female homemaker.
n
(obsolete) Goodwife, a 17th-century puritan honorific for an adult woman.
v
To work as governess; to educate children in their own home.
v
(informal, transitive, intransitive) To watch or tend an elderly relative at home.
n
(now historical) A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
adj
Befitting a handmaiden.
n
(informal) A traditional housewife.
n
Synonym of housekeeper (“one who looks after domestic affairs in a house”)
n
The management of a household considered as an occupation.
adj
Characteristic of a hostess; cheerful, helpful, etc.
n
The head of a household.
adj
Having the role of householder; managing a household.
adj
Befitting a housekeeper.
n
(derogatory) A housewife.
n
Synonym of lady-in-waiting
adj
Befitting a housemaid.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a housemaid.
n
A housemother or housefather
n
A househusband or housewife.
n
A housewife or a househusband.
n
(plural "housewives") 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.
n
The sphere, realm, or world of housewives; housewives collectively.
n
(rare) Synonym of housewifery
adj
Characteristic of housewives.
n
The role or status of a housewife.
n
The process by which the division of labor has relegated women to the role of housewife.
n
Obsolete form of housewifery. [The state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.]
n
Obsolete form of housewife. [(plural "housewives") 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.]
v
Obsolete form of housewive. [(transitive, especially of women) To manage with skill and economy.]
n
(obsolete) The business of a housewife; female homemaking.
n
One who works in a nunnery or monastery, caring for the nuns or monks who become ill, as well as caring for other old or sick people living in the compound.
n
The mistress of a household.
n
A housekeeper, especially, a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution.
n
Alternative form of ménage [A household; a domestic situation.]
n
(informal, Canada, US) A househusband who looks after his children.
adj
(rare, obsolete) Pertaining to the mistress of a home or household.
n
(US, colloquial) A godmother.
adj
(now rare) Industrious, energetic; (specifically) (usually of a woman) capable, efficient in household management.
n
(derogatory) A woman who unquestioningly submits to and serves her male partner, and/or does not seem to have interests, wishes, or pursuits of her own.
adj
Befitting a washerwoman.
n
Housework etc. that a man's wife is traditionally expected to do.
n
A family in the working class.
adj
Workmanlike; used of something made or done by a woman.
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