a married man whose principal occupation is managing a household and taking care of domestic affairs
Origin of househusband
modeled on housewifehousehusband
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househusband
noun
A married man who manages the household as his main occupation and whose spouse usually earns the family income.
Origin of househusband
house(wife) husbandTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural househusbands)
- A husband who remains in the homestead as housekeeper, as opposed to a housewife.
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