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| haus·frau [ hówss fròw ] (plural haus·fraus) |
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traditional housewife: a traditional housewife, conventionally believed to be interested mostly in her home and family
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sometimes offensive
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  She wanted a career, not a life as a hausfrau.
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| [Late 18th century. < German< Haus "house" + Frau "wife, woman"] |
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