domestic engineer
English
Noun
domestic engineer (plural domestic engineers)
- (sometimes euphemistic) A homemaker.
- 1914, United States. Bureau of Education, Bulletin (page 26)
- [W]e are now to teach a vocation — the trades of the household and the professions of the domestic engineer and homemaker.
- 2001, William Rossedahl, Julia Rossedahl, Russian Wife: Your Greatest Blessing Or Your Biggest Mistake? (page 98)
- I am not saying it is the calling of all women to be permanent full time domestic engineers.
- 2008, Rajni Mala Khelawan, The End of the Dark and Stormy Night (page 98)
- Bob questioned whether Ravay suited the title of a homemaker more than a domestic engineer, since he stayed home. Ravi told Bob that he preferred the title of domestic engineer.
- 1914, United States. Bureau of Education, Bulletin (page 26)
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