househusbandn.
/ˈhaʊsˌhʌzbənd/, U.S. /ˈhaʊsˌhəzbənd/ A husband or male partner who carries out the household role and duties traditionally associated with a housewife; typically one who does not go out to work.In earliest use as a fictional or hypothetical concept.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > inhabitant of house > mistress of household > husband who carries out duties of
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1858 E. A. Leatham Charmione I. 198 A crowd of house-husbands—if the term be admissible in default of house-wives—sauntering along among the crockery-stalls in search of pots and pans.
1895 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 23 Mar. 6/7 A.D. 1915—Dusty Maude: Is dere any lady folks about de house? Timid Househusband: N'o-n-no Ma'am.
1932 Punch 23 Nov. 572/1 Men, who, although they may be seen nowadays engaged in various household tasks, have never become house-husbands.
1986 Sunday Express Mag. 12 Oct. 31/1 John Lennon tried being the house husband for some years, but I'd prefer not to give up my work.
2006 P. Williams Rise & Fall Yummy Mummy xxiv. 182 Apart from the odd househusband..men mostly disappear—to work, to the pub—and women are left to create days together with a baby, a park and cups of tea.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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