trad wife

A form of tradwife — A wife who fulfills a traditional gender role based on Western middle-class femininity of the mid-twentieth century.

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Meanings

nountrad wife (plural trad wives)

plural trad wives

  1. alternativeAlternative form of tradwife

    Before there were MAHA moms and trad wives boasting homemade bread and feta on social media, there was a societal push to get Americans back into the kitchen.

    2025 November 3, Julia Belluz, “The French Secret to Eating Healthy? Prepared Food and Frozen Dinners.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2025
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APA

trad wife. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trad%20wife

MLA

“trad wife.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trad%20wife. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trad wife,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trad%20wife.

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