Definition of housekeeper
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: 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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The first known use of housekeeper was circa 1528
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