housekeeper

noun

house·keep·er | \ˈhau̇s-ˌkē-pər

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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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Examples of housekeeper in a Sentence

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

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Heo found a job as a housekeeper at a resort on the holiday island of Jeju. — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, "A North Korean defector paid smugglers to get her family out. China sent them back.," 27 June 2018 Dawn worked two jobs, one as a hospice caregiver and the other as a housekeeper at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino. — Crocker Stephenson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "A house, once loved, becomes a home again, filled with magic," 12 June 2018 Steele will return to her job as a housekeeper at a local hotel this week. — Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, "After a stray bullet wounded their toddler, an Anchorage couple copes with fear," 30 May 2018 Robert Scott Thomas, now 72, was a little boy when Stringfield worked as a housekeeper for his family. — New York Times, "Overlooked No More: Bessie B. Stringfield, the ‘Motorcycle Queen of Miami’," 4 Apr. 2018 In October 1992, Kelly was working as a housekeeper for the British Ambassador to Germany, Sir Christopher Mallaby, before she was hired by the royal household, The Telegraph reports. — Maggie Maloney, Town & Country, "Who Is Angela Kelly, Queen Elizabeth's Personal Wardrobe Advisor?," 20 Feb. 2018 Shapiro hired the girl's mother as a housekeeper and nanny. — Alyssa Fiorentino, Woman's Day, "Law & Order SVU Helped Catch A Young Girl's Attacker," 12 Feb. 2015 Last year, his company applied for permission to hire waiters, housekeepers, and cooks. — Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, "Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club wants to hire 40 foreign workers," 6 July 2018 The newspaper reported nearly 300 U.S. workers had applied or been referred for jobs as waiters, waitresses, cooks and housekeepers but only 17 were hired. — Skyler Swisher, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Trump’s Mar-a-Lago wants to hire dozens of foreign workers," 6 July 2018

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