house husband
Definition
- Noun:
- A husband who manages the household and domestic duties while his wife is the primary income earner: A "house husband" is a man who takes on the primary responsibility for running the home, including tasks such as cleaning, cooking, and childcare, while his spouse works outside the home to provide the main family income.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- After the birth of their child, Mark decided to become a house husband so his wife could return to her high-powered career.
- The number of house husbands has been increasing as gender roles in families evolve.
Advanced Usage
- "to be a house husband": to fulfill the role of a homemaker as a man.
- He has been a house husband for five years and finds the work both challenging and rewarding.
Variants and Related Words
- Homemaker (n): a person who manages a household. (This is a gender-neutral term.)
- Stay-at-home dad (n): a father who stays home to care for his children, which is a closely related concept but may not imply the wife is the sole earner.
- Househusband (n): an alternative, single-word spelling of "house husband".
Synonyms
- Homemaker (when referring specifically to a male in this role).
- Stay-at-home husband.
Related Phrases
- Domestic engineer (n, informal/humorous): a playful or euphemistic term for a person, often a man, who manages the home.
Noun
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a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income
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