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domestic engineer

domestic engineer noun: a homemaker.

Noun

domestic engineer (plural domestic engineers)

  1. (euphemistic, sometimes) A homemaker.
    • [W]e are now to teach a vocation — the trades of the household and the professions of the domestic engineer and homemaker.1914, United States. Bureau of Education, Bulletin, page 26
    • I am not saying it is the calling of all women to be permanent full time domestic engineers.2001, William Rossedahl, Julia Rossedahl, Russian Wife: Your Greatest Blessing Or Your Biggest Mistake?, page 98

Forms of domestic engineer

pluraldomestic engineers

Questions about domestic engineer

What does domestic engineer mean?
Domestic engineer means a homemaker.
What part of speech is domestic engineer?
Domestic engineer is a noun.
What is the plural of domestic engineer?
The plural of domestic engineer is domestic engineers.

Words near domestic engineer in the dictionary

  1. domestic dog
  2. domestic dogs
  3. domestic duck
  4. domestic ducks
  5. domestic economy
  6. domestic engineer
  7. domestic engineers
  8. domestic enquiries
  9. domestic enquiry
  10. domestic goddess
  11. domestic goddesses

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