as in maids
a female domestic servant
they hired a housekeeper to help their aging parents live at home
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Recent Examples of housekeepers
However, the complaint claims neither Carnival’s cabin stewards nor the housekeepers ever took any action.
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Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
The children's longtime nanny, Maria Turrion Borrallo, and the housekeepers will likely stay on other smaller properties on the estate, the outlet reported.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
Several were teachers and therapists; others were nannies and housekeepers.
—Natalia Paradies, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
About half of the Executive Mansion’s team of housekeepers, ushers, valets and butlers are currently working.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Many of our neighbors have housekeepers, gardeners, carpenters, etc.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
Professional housekeepers are all about working smarter, not harder.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
The best bit for the housekeepers?
—Mattias Goldmann, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The 1990s Father Ted comedy for the BBC centered on three misfit priests and their housekeepers on a remote Irish island.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
The children's longtime nanny, Maria Turrion Borrallo, and the housekeepers will likely stay on other smaller properties on the estate, the outlet reported.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
Several were teachers and therapists; others were nannies and housekeepers.
—Natalia Paradies, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
About half of the Executive Mansion’s team of housekeepers, ushers, valets and butlers are currently working.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Many of our neighbors have housekeepers, gardeners, carpenters, etc.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
Professional housekeepers are all about working smarter, not harder.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
The best bit for the housekeepers?
—Mattias Goldmann, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The 1990s Father Ted comedy for the BBC centered on three misfit priests and their housekeepers on a remote Irish island.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for housekeepers
maids
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Elsewhere in the castle, Malcolm’s sister, Maura Grant, comes across Dougal shtupping one of her maids up against a wall.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
10 Oct. 2025
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As such, the race is on to get these budding butlers, maids, and models into the workforce.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Housekeepers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housekeepers. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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