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# househusband

«househusband» in Mova's school dictionary: **A man who stays at home to look after the house and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a househusband, househusbands)

### meaning for a pupil

A man who stays at home to look after the house and children while his partner goes out to work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/househusband/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and social studies it shows that jobs at home can be done by anyone. In stories it describes a dad who cooks, cleans and does the school run. Similar: stay-at-home dad.

### examples

- My uncle is a househusband and cooks amazing dinners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/househusband/#x1)
- Dad became a househusband when the twins were born. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/househusband/#x2)
- The househusband did the washing and the shopping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/househusband/#x3)
- Being a househusband is hard work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/househusband/#x4)
- Many families have a stay-at-home dad or househusband. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/househusband/#x5)

### note

Plural: househusbands. Female form: housewife (or homemaker). Can be written as one word or «house husband». More common today: stay-at-home dad.

### In the corpora

- ["Domestic engineer" is a joking name for a housewife, househusband or homemaker.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «househusband» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/househusband/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.