- housekeeper
- noun Date: 1607 1. a woman employed to keep house 2. housewife 1
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housekeeper
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Housekeeper — House keep er, n. 1. One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family. Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
housekeeper — See: householder Category: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure & Debt → Bankruptcy Category: Real Estate & Rental Property → Homeowners Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 … Law dictionary
housekeeper — mid 15c., householder, from HOUSE (Cf. house) (n.) + agent noun of KEEP (Cf. keep). Sense of female head domestic servant of a house is from c.1600 … Etymology dictionary
housekeeper — [n] domestic caretaker, chambermaid, house cleaner, housemaid, housewife, maid, servant; concepts 348,415 … New thesaurus
housekeeper — ► NOUN ▪ a person, typically a woman, employed to manage a household. DERIVATIVES housekeeping noun … English terms dictionary
housekeeper — [hous′kēp΄ər] n. a person who manages a household; esp., a woman hired to do this … English World dictionary
Housekeeper — A housekeeper is a person responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of (usually residential) premises. *Housekeeper (industrial)–responsible for the cleaning of institutional premises *Housekeeper (servant) responsible for the maintenance of… … Wikipedia
housekeeper — house|keep|er [ˈhausˌki:pə US ər] n someone who is employed to manage the cleaning, cooking etc in a house or hotel ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ HINT sense 1 Do not confuse housekeeper and housewife. A housekeeper is someone who is paid by the owners of a house to do … Dictionary of contemporary English
housekeeper — UK [ˈhaʊsˌkiːpə(r)] / US [ˈhaʊsˌkɪpər] noun [countable] Word forms housekeeper : singular housekeeper plural housekeepers a) someone whose job is to clean someone else s house and sometimes cook their meals b) someone whose job is to clean the… … English dictionary
housekeeper — noun a) One who looks after the home by herself; either as a wife or a hired servant. She was their third housekeeper, but after a month or so she also gave up. b) A woman who supervises the female domestic staff of a large home … Wiktionary
housekeeper — [[t]ha͟ʊskiːpə(r)[/t]] housekeepers N COUNT A housekeeper is a person whose job is to cook, clean, and look after a house for its owner … English dictionary
