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housekeeper

noun

ˈhau̇s-ˌkē-pər

Definition of housekeeper

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 Patricia Avila alleged in her 2021 suit that she and Maria Avila were hired in November 2020 as housekeepers at Brown’s home in Tarzana. — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 The actor welcomed his three youngest children with housekeeper Maria Cristina Ruiz. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026 The story is set in the year 2062, with plenty of futuristic and high-tech gadgets — like a robotic housekeeper Rosie. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026 When Molly pushes the bell, the housekeeper, Gregoria, slides open a panel about six inches high in the door. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for housekeeper

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maid

Noun

Adelaide said, with a vehemence that frightened Masha, the maid trying to spoon medicine into her clenched mouth.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
This is the kind of show where an opulent tea party is dramatized not just by many different plates of fancy pastries, fancy wreaths and lots of furniture, but by having all that stuff carted in by a dozen or so butlers, maids and other servants.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026

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