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hausfrau

haus·frau [ hówss fròw ] (plural haus·fraus)


noun 
Definition:
 
traditional housewife: a traditional housewife, conventionally believed to be interested mostly in her home and family ( sometimes offensive )
She wanted a career, not a life as a hausfrau.

[Late 18th century. < German< Haus "house" + Frau "wife, woman"]
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