housekeeper
noun
house·keep·er
ˈhau̇s-ˌkē-pər 
1
: one employed to manage the domestic duties involved in maintaining a house
2
: a member of a household who manages the domestic duties of the household
She was her father's housekeeper …—
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery
especially
: one who keeps house in a specified way
was always a good/poor housekeeper
… a tidy housekeeper who kept flowers outside his unit … —Kyle Swenson
Kyle Swenson Examples of housekeeper in a Sentence
they hired a housekeeper to help their aging parents live at home
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—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
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—Brent Lang, Variety, 29 Mar. 2026
The burden of explaining how the hell that happened is on head housekeeper Lily (Arquette) and her husband Ray (Paterson Joseph), both of whom have a commanding enough screen presence to make the exposition bearable.
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
The horror film stars Zazie Beetz as a housekeeper who works in a sinister high-rise apartment.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 29 Mar. 2026
The burden of explaining how the hell that happened is on head housekeeper Lily (Arquette) and her husband Ray (Paterson Joseph), both of whom have a commanding enough screen presence to make the exposition bearable.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
During turndown, housekeepers leave artisanal soap and sachets of lavender instead of the standard chocolates on the pillow.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Housekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housekeeper. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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housekeeper
noun
house·keep·er
ˈhau̇-ˌskē-pər
: a person employed to take care of a house
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