househusband

See also: house husband

English

house +‎ husband (etymologically equivalent to house + bond)

househusband (plural househusbands)

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, →ISSN:
  He’s always thought of himself as boring, “a white-bread suburban househusband.”

housespouse
homemaker
homebody
betty (derogatory), cot-betty (derogatory), cot-quean (derogatory), henhussy (derogatory)

husband who remains in the homestead

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