housewive

== English == === Alternative forms === housewife huswife (obsolete) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaʊswaɪv/ === Verb === housewive (third-person singular simple present housewives, present participle housewiving, simple past and past participle housewived) (transitive, especially of women) To manage with skill and economy. To act as a housewife === References === “housewive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.