'Housewive' definitions:
Definition of 'Housewive'
From: GCIDE
- Housewife \House"wife`\, Housewive \House"wive`\, v. t. To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize. [1913 Webster]
- Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well housewived. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]