househusband

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househusband

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From house + husband (etymologically equivalent to house + bond).

noun househusbands · house husband · house-husband

  1. A man who tends to his home as a housekeeper or homemaker; the male equivalent of a housewife. He’s always thought of himself as boring, “a white-bread suburban househusband.”

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noun husband who remains in the homestead

Españolamo de casa
日本語主夫 shufu
中文家庭主夫 jiātíng zhǔfū
Portuguêsdono de casa
Françaishomme au foyer, ménager
DeutschHausmann
Italianouomo di casa, casalingo
Ελληνικάνοικοκύρης noikokýris
Românăbărbat casnic, casnic
Русскийдомохозя́ин domoxozjáin

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@misc{househusband_2026,
  title = {househusband},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/househusband},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}