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
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Examples of housekeeper in a Sentence
they hired a housekeeper to help their aging parents live at home
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Olvera got her start as a housekeeper and early on made around $13.25 an hour.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Zoom in: The union has proposed a $5-per-hour increase annually over three years at the Bayfront property, where housekeepers earn $24 per hour on average, per the U-T.
The latest counteroffer from Hilton is a $1.25 raise each year over the life of the new contract, ABC10 reported.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
Bina immediately has their housekeeper toss it in the trash.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
Others believed former school teacher John Mark Karr, who confessed to the 1996 strangulation in 2006, as a prime suspect; the family housekeeper Linda Hoffman-Pugh; or the town’s Santa Claus Bill McReynolds as the potential killer.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Zoom in: The union has proposed a $5-per-hour increase annually over three years at the Bayfront property, where housekeepers earn $24 per hour on average, per the U-T.
The latest counteroffer from Hilton is a $1.25 raise each year over the life of the new contract, ABC10 reported.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
Bina immediately has their housekeeper toss it in the trash.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
Others believed former school teacher John Mark Karr, who confessed to the 1996 strangulation in 2006, as a prime suspect; the family housekeeper Linda Hoffman-Pugh; or the town’s Santa Claus Bill McReynolds as the potential killer.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Housekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housekeeper. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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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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