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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—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
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—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
Not that Davidtz excludes herself from the racist mindset that’s evident in Bobo, who enjoys spending time with her family’s housekeeper, Sarah (Zikhona Bali), despite treating her as beneath her.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
Acosta, 78, was found bleeding out in the garage of his San Antonio home by a housekeeper, who called 911.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 2 July 2025
The story follows a live-in housekeeper working for a middle-class family named Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio) during a period of personal and political upheaval.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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“Housekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housekeeper. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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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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