house ‧ wife /ˈhaʊswaɪf/ BrE AmE noun ( plural housewives /-waɪvz/) [countable]
a married woman who works at home doing the cooking, cleaning etc, but does not have a job outside the house SYN homemaker ⇨ house husband
house ‧ wife /ˈhaʊswaɪf/ BrE AmE noun ( plural housewives /-waɪvz/) [countable]
a married woman who works at home doing the cooking, cleaning etc, but does not have a job outside the house SYN homemaker ⇨ house husband
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012