domestic engineer

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English

Noun

domestic engineer (plural domestic engineers)

  1. (sometimes euphemistic) A homemaker.
    • 1914, United States. Bureau of Education, Bulletin, page 26:
      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.