housekeeper
/ˈhaʊskipɚ/
Someone employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc; Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household; Someone who keeps to their house
- plural
- housekeepers
Meanings
- 1
Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc
This old house needs a good housekeeper.
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Tom and Mary are looking for a housekeeper.
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- 2
Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household
- 3
Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody
- 4
Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householderrare