displaced homemaker

noun

A woman who no longer has a reliable source of income from her husband, as a result of divorce, widowhood, disability, etc.

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Meanings

noundisplaced homemaker (plural displaced homemakers)

plural displaced homemakers

  1. CanadaUSA woman who no longer has a reliable source of income from her husband, as a result of divorce, widowhood, disability, etc.

    Peer group support is important to displaced homemakers. The Displaced Homemakers' Network has done excellent work in helping women see that their problems do not have to be chronic.

    1980, Ruth Harriet Jacobs, Integrating Displaced Homemakers into the Economy, page 14
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