housekeeper

noun

house·keep·er ˈhau̇s-ˌkē-pər

Synonyms of housekeeper next

: one employed to manage the domestic duties involved in maintaining a house

: a member of a household who manages the domestic duties of the household

She was her father's housekeeper …—

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

Examples of housekeeper in a Sentence

they hired a housekeeper to help their aging parents live at home

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From 2003 to 2017, Mr. Trump’s companies were approved for more than 1,000 H-2 visas for jobs like cooks, housekeepers and waiters at his properties, including Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., and the Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Fla., Labor Department data show. —

Ken Bensinger, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024 Many people are tipping their babysitters, housekeepers and teachers this holiday season, but often by the same amounts as three years ago. —

J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2024 The Trump Organization makes use of two different kinds of visas: H-2A for agricultural workers, who were hired for the Virginia winery, and H-2B for non-agricultural workers, who staff clubs as servers, clerks, housekeepers and in other hospitality roles. —

Zach Everson, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024 It is fully staffed with three operations managers, four chefs, five housekeepers, two gardeners, a custodian, and the custodian’s cat (do not pet). —

Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for housekeeper