housekeeper

noun

house·keep·er | \ ˈhau̇s-ˌkē-pər

Definition of housekeeper

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 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

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Synonyms for housekeeper

Synonyms

biddy,
char
[British],
charwoman,
handmaiden
(also handmaid),
house girl,
housemaid,
maid,
maidservant,
skivvy
[British],
wench

Examples of housekeeper in a Sentence

the bachelor doctor could easily afford to hire a housekeeper to cook and clean

Recent Examples on the Web In this South Korean erotic thriller, a poor young woman is hired as a nanny and live-in housekeeper for a wealthy family. — Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, "The 40 Best Horror Movies on Hulu Right Now," 17 Jan. 2021 Margot Roosevelt published a heartbreaking profile of Raquel Lezama, a hotel housekeeper who spent 20 years clawing out of poverty — only to face the possibility now of losing it all. — Rachel Schnalzer, Los Angeles Times, "2020 changed the way we live, work and spend. Here’s a look back," 29 Dec. 2020 Liistro said a housekeeper was asymptomatically positive and appeared to infect a resident in the dementia unit, located on the first floor. — Dave Altimari, courant.com, "Connecticut nursing homes are old and ill-equipped to contain viral spread. Did that make it easier for COVID-19 to tear through the facilities and kill thousands?," 20 Dec. 2020 VA Bedford said a housekeeper was the first of its employees to get the vaccine, shortly after Klessens received her shot. — From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, "Vaccine relief, ‘cooking the virus,’ drive-in legislating: News from around our 50 states," 17 Dec. 2020 Her mother had to work as a housekeeper despite having a college education. — New York Times, "The Reality Behind Biden’s Plan to Legalize 11 Million Immigrants," 27 Jan. 2021 Grundhofer was born in Los Angeles, the son of a bartender and a housekeeper. — Kavita Kumar, Star Tribune, "Jack Grundhofer, who built U.S. Bancorp in the 1990s, dies at 82," 27 Jan. 2021 My housekeeper recently arrived at my home visibly sick. — New York Times, "Should I Warn My Ex’s Fiancée About His Cheating Heart?," 12 Jan. 2021 There were facts: two convictions for assault—for throwing a mobile phone at her housekeeper in 2006, and for assaulting two police officers after being ejected from a flight in 2008. — Afua Hirsch, Vogue, "Trailblazer, Mentor, Provocateur: How Naomi Campbell Changed Modeling Forever," 19 Oct. 2020

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