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 Synonyms
Examples of housekeeper in a Sentence
they hired a housekeeper to help their aging parents live at home
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Monroe’s psychiatrist, Dr. Ralph Greenson, who had also worked with Joel’s mother, suggested housekeeper Eunice Murray.
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—Michelle Mastro, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
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Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
The housekeeper watched as the young couple began investing in houses around the area, renting them out and relying on the proceeds as their main source of income.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Monroe’s psychiatrist, Dr. Ralph Greenson, who had also worked with Joel’s mother, suggested housekeeper Eunice Murray.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2025
The Hoosier cabinet made the kitchen easier to navigate and more accessible to middle-class housewives in particular who had largely depended on housekeepers to run their kitchens.
—Michelle Mastro, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Housekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housekeeper. Accessed 30 Jan. 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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