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Matronage vs Housewife - What's the difference?

matronage | housewife |

As nouns the difference between matronage and housewife

is that matronage is the collective body of matrons while housewife is the wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.

As a verb housewife is

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matronage

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The collective body of matrons.
  • The state of being a matron.
  • housewife

    English

    Noun

    (housewives)
  • The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
  • A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; – called also (hussy).
  • * 1852: Tom Taylor and Charles Reade, Masks and Faces Act II
  • Woffington's housewife , made by herself, homely to the eye, but holds everything in the world

    Hypernyms

    * homemaker

    Derived terms

    * housewifely * housewifery * housewifization