Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

displaced homemaker

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables: dis-placed home-mak-er
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Canadian usage; American usage

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

Canadian usage
American usage

Inflected Forms

displaced homemakers (plural)

Questions

What does displaced homemaker mean?: 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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