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
Rouse says he was also inspired by the character Coco, the gay housekeeper on The Golden Girls who was cut after the pilot episode to make room for Sophia.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
The children's longtime nanny, Maria Turrion Borrallo, and housekeepers will likely stay in smaller properties nearby.
—Stephanie Petit, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Among the fictitious board were Taylor’s housekeeper and a bartender.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
Maggie Carney is a comic delight as Elizabeth, the household’s sympathetic but highly disciplined head housekeeper.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
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Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
The children's longtime nanny, Maria Turrion Borrallo, and housekeepers will likely stay in smaller properties nearby.
—Stephanie Petit, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Among the fictitious board were Taylor’s housekeeper and a bartender.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
Maggie Carney is a comic delight as Elizabeth, the household’s sympathetic but highly disciplined head housekeeper.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for housekeeper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for housekeeper
maid
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Chastain portrayed Celia Foote in the drama based on Kathryn Stockett's novel of the same name about a white journalist chronicling the lives of Black maids working for white households in 1960s Mississippi.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ella Beaty will play Lizzie, while Rebecca Hall will play Lizzie’s stepmother, Abby, and Vicky Krieps will play Bridget Sullvan, a maid in the Borden household.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Housekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housekeeper. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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