Of a parent: not employed and rather devoting more time to one's children.
stay-at-home dad
Of rules or regulations: forbidding the populace to leave their domicile except under emergency or other special circumstances, especially for purposes of quarantine.
stay-at-home orders
Of or relating to quarantine in the home.
the stay-at-home era
A person or animal that prefers to stay at home rather than socialize or travel.
I had a fancy to go there [Archangel in Russia]. Now my fancy has been gratified, and there is yet another place written down in the charts of my experience. And it is always a little saddening to exchange a dream for a reality—once also the Caucasus was a name crowded with boundless possibility, and I went there and saw what it was. I almost envy those stay-at-homes for whom Europe and the world is quite unproved.
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A parent who is not employed and rather devoting more time to children.
We [women], I guess, got into the habit of being stay-at-homes while our children were small because you’re not there during the day with them, you tend to spend your evenings and weekends [with them] […]