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HOUSEHUSBAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does househusband mean? 

HOUSEHUSBAND (noun)
  The noun HOUSEHUSBAND has 1 sense:

1. a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family incomeplay

  Familiarity information: HOUSEHUSBAND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOUSEHUSBAND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

house husband; househusband

Hypernyms ("househusband" is a kind of...):

hubby; husband; married man (a married man; a woman's partner in marriage)


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