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displaced homemakers

displaced homemakers is the plural of displaced homemaker.

Meaning of displaced homemaker

Noun

displaced homemaker (plural displaced homemakers)

  1. (Canada, US) A woman who no longer has a reliable source of income from her husband, as a result of divorce, widowhood, disability, etc.
    • Peer group support is important to displaced homemakers. The Displaced Homemakers' Network has done excellent work in helping women see that their problems do not have to be chronic.1980, Ruth Harriet Jacobs, Integrating Displaced Homemakers into the Economy, page 14

Questions about displaced homemakers

What is displaced homemakers the plural of?
Displaced homemakers is the plural of displaced homemaker.

Words near displaced homemakers in the dictionary

  1. displaceabilities
  2. displaceability
  3. displaceable
  4. displaced
  5. displaced homemaker
  6. displaced homemakers
  7. displaced people
  8. displaced person
  9. displaced persons
  10. displacee
  11. displacees

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