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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 The father put his daughter to bed and told his housekeeper he would be gone for a while. — Matthew Herper, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026 The actor said a housekeeper told his family that ‘God spoke to’ her about his trajectory. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026 The former California governor also shares youngest son Joseph Baena, 28, with former housekeeper Mildred Patricia Baena. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026 Saar took a smiling mammy figure and replaced the pencil a Black housekeeper would have used for her client’s grocery list with a rifle and grenade. — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for housekeeper

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maid

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The film, directed by May el-Toukhy, is set in Denmark in the aftermath of World War II, as a maid prepares to marry her former employer.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
Jackson was particularly vocal in her criticism of the show’s shallow scripts, which featured plotlines about them going undercover as French maids, showgirls, lifeguards and, perhaps most infamously, prison inmates.

— Michael Callahan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

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