| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a thirfty woman.[Websters]
2. A worthless woman; a hussy.[Websters] 3. A case for sewing materials.[Websters]. | |
| Verb | 1. To manage with frugality; -- said of a woman.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: huswifing, huswifed, huswifes, huswifer, huswifers, huswifingly and huswifedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HUSWIFE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HUSWIFE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] A worthless woman; a bad manager.. | 2: [Noun] A female economist; a thrifty woman.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (obsolete) A housewife. (references) | 2: [Noun] A small case containing scissors, thread, needles and other sewing things. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
