househusband

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

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househusband (plural househusbands)

  1. A man who tends to his home as a housekeeper or homemaker; the male equivalent of a housewife.
    • 2022 May 11, Alexandra Alter, quoting Kim Stanley Robinson, “A Sci-Fi Writer Returns to Earth: ‘The Real Story Is the One Facing Us’”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      He’s always thought of himself as boring, “a white-bread suburban househusband.”

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