English

Noun

homemaker ‎(plural homemakers)

1. (US) A person who maintains the upkeep of his or her residence, especially one who is not employed outside the home.
   • 1979, Lillian B. Rubin, Women of a Certain Age: The Midlife Search for Self, page 233

     Forty-seven-year-old homemaker and volunteer museum guide, holder of a master's degree in English, married twenty-three years to a professor.

See also

• house husband
• housewife