as in maid
a female domestic servant
they hired a housekeeper to help their aging parents live at home
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Recent Examples of housekeeper
Lopez stars as Marisa, a single mom and New York native who works as a housekeeper in a glamorous, high-class hotel.
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Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Transposing the book onto a contemporary setting, Jude’s take centers on an impoverished Romanian migrant, Gianina, played by a sensational Ana Dumitrașcu, who finds work as a housekeeper and au pair for a smugly bourgeois-bohemian couple living in Bordeaux.
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Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
11 June 2026
In 2024, letters from Diana to her former housekeeper Violet Collison, nicknamed Collie, were sold at auction.
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Sam Peters,
CNN Money,
10 June 2026
In Dish Jockey, an etching from 1993, a harried woman in a bandanna (shades of Rosie the Riveter) scrubs dishes while an ensemble of Tinkerbell-like housekeepers complete other chores nearby.
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Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Transposing the book onto a contemporary setting, Jude’s take centers on an impoverished Romanian migrant, Gianina, played by a sensational Ana Dumitrașcu, who finds work as a housekeeper and au pair for a smugly bourgeois-bohemian couple living in Bordeaux.
—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
11 June 2026
In 2024, letters from Diana to her former housekeeper Violet Collison, nicknamed Collie, were sold at auction.
—
Sam Peters,
CNN Money,
10 June 2026
In Dish Jockey, an etching from 1993, a harried woman in a bandanna (shades of Rosie the Riveter) scrubs dishes while an ensemble of Tinkerbell-like housekeepers complete other chores nearby.
—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for housekeeper
maid
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The late Taylor Bradford’s book details the decades-long story of Emma Harte, a Yorkshire maid who becomes a business mogul.
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In another, a Pullman maid is bent over, hard at work, with her hair swept back into a ponytail, her gaze pointed downward and focused on the task at hand.
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“Housekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housekeeper. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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