homemaker
Syllables: home·maker
homemaker noun: 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.
Noun
homemaker (plural homemakers)
- 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.
- Forty-seven-year-old homemaker and volunteer museum guide, holder of a master's degree in English, married twenty-three years to a professor.1979, Lillian B. Rubin, Women of a Certain Age: The Midlife Search for Self, page 233
homemaker meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Arabic
homemaker in Hindi
- person who maintains his or her residence
- गृहिणी gŕhiṇī
homemaker in Urdu
- گھر والا, خانہ دار
homemaker in Arabic
- person who maintains his or her residence
- رَبّ بَيْت rabb bayt, رَبّة بَيْت
Examples of homemaker in a sentence
- Bessie’s father was a milkman, and her mom was a homemaker, but Aunt Jenny was a beader.
- Shirley, a 42-year-old married homemaker, presented for evaluation of compulsive hairpulling.
- Presidents, to homemakers, cab drivers, CEOs, scientists, teachers, and, yes, even writers.
Forms of homemaker
| plural | homemakers |
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Origin of homemaker
From home + maker.
Words formed from homemaker
Questions about homemaker
- What does homemaker mean?
- Homemaker means 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.
- What is homemaker in Hindi?
- Homemaker in Hindi is गृहिणी (gŕhiṇī). See Homemaker meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is homemaker?
- Homemaker is a noun.
- What is the plural of homemaker?
- The plural of homemaker is homemakers.
Words near homemaker in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: homemaker (page history and authors); homemaker (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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