lady of the house

Noun

Meaning

a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

lady householder mistress hostess housewife landlady homemaker feudatory goodwife mesne

Antonyms

duenna grass widow

Hypernyms

wife married woman

Examples

At an early stop, the lady of the house ordered Tubman to sweep the yard so as to seem to be working for the family. Source: Internet

Grimm and his cohorts have been confounding the lady of the house since the mid-1980s. Source: Internet

Lucifera, the lady of the house, is accompanied by advisers who represent the other seven deadly sins. Source: Internet

It stopped providing at the end of the day when the lady of the house had her last meal. Source: Internet

I went to their flat this morning to pick up my jewelries, the lady of the house ushered me into her room and there was nothing to indicate she was sharing the space with a man. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

lady of steel lady of the bedchamber lady of the evening lady of the manor lady of the meadow lady of the temple enclosure