tradwife
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Meaning · English
A wife who fulfills a traditional gender role based on Western middle-class femininity of the mid twentieth century.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
Ms. Jorgenson is being interviewed on Radio 3Fourteen, a white supremacist talk radio program; it is interviewing her because she considers herself a tradwife.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “tradwife” mean?
A wife who fulfills a traditional gender role based on Western middle-class femininity of the mid twentieth century.
Is “tradwife” formal or informal?
tradwife is generally slang.