stay-at-home dad

noun

A father who is the main caregiver of the children and is generally the homemaker of the household.

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Meanings

nounstay-at-home dad (plural stay-at-home dads)

plural stay-at-home dads

  1. A father who is the main caregiver of the children and is generally the homemaker of the household.

    On that note, are any of us guys prepared to have our wives be the sole breadwinners? As one stay-at-home dad said: “I feel funny buying my wife $40 worth of roses with her money.”

    2000 November 26, James Schembari, “Derring-Do of the Stay-at-Home Dad”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Translations

Czech muž v domácnosti
  • muž v domácnostiTranslations
Finnish koti-isä
  • koti-isäTranslations
French homme au foyer, père au foyer
  • homme au foyerTranslations
  • père au foyerTranslations
Indonesian bapak rumah tangga
  • bapak rumah tanggaTranslations
Swedish hemmaman
  • hemmamanTranslations
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APA

stay-at-home dad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stay-at-home%20dad

MLA

“stay-at-home dad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stay-at-home%20dad. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stay-at-home dad,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stay-at-home%20dad.

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