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house husband

house husband is the alternative form of househusband.

Meaning of househusband

Noun

househusband (plural househusbands)

  1. A man who tends to his home as a housekeeper or homemaker; the male equivalent of a housewife.
    • He’s always thought of himself as boring, “a white-bread suburban househusband.”2022 May 11, Alexandra Alter, quoting Kim Stanley Robinson, “A Sci-Fi Writer Returns to Earth: ‘The Real Story Is the One Facing Us’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of house husband

pluralhouse husbands

Questions about house husband

What is house husband the alternative form of?
House husband is the alternative form of househusband.

Words near house husband in the dictionary

  1. house god
  2. house guest
  3. house guests
  4. house hermit
  5. house hermits
  6. house husband
  7. house husbands
  8. house in Virginia
  9. house keeper
  10. house keepers
  11. house lamb

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