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househusbands

househusbands is the plural 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

Questions about househusbands

What is househusbands the plural of?
Househusbands is the plural of househusband.

Words near househusbands in the dictionary

  1. househubby
  2. househunter
  3. househunters
  4. househunting
  5. househusband
  6. househusbands
  7. housekeep
  8. housekeeper
  9. housekeeperess
  10. housekeeperesses
  11. housekeeperless

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