In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HOUSEHUSBAND
Etymology
Noun
househusband (plural househusbands)
A man who tends to his home as a housekeeper or homemaker; the male counterpart to a housewife.
Hypernyms
• housespouse
• homemaker
• betty (derogatory), cot-betty (derogatory), cot-quean (derogatory), henhussy (derogatory)
Coordinate terms
• housewife
Source: Wiktionary
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