Word Meanings - GOODWIFE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The mistress of a house.

• Houseless
  Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; as, a houseless wanderer.
• HOUSEWIFEHOUSEWIVE
  To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize. Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well housewived. Fuller.
• Houselessness
  The state of being houseless.
• Houseline
  A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also housing.
• Houseling
  Same as Housling.
• Housemaid
  A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms.
• Housebote
  Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel. This latter is often called firebote. See Bote.
• Housemate
  One who dwells in the same house with another.
• Housebreaker
  One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking.
• Houseroom
  Room or place in a house; as, to give any one houseroom.
• Housebreaking
  The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break.
• Housewarming
  A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises.
• Housebuilder
  One whose business is to build houses; a housewright.
• Housewife
  The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
• Housecarl
  A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King Canute.
• Housewive
  To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize.
• Household
  Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.

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