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 Examples of housekeeper in a Sentence
they hired a housekeeper to help their aging parents live at home
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Many are the children of immigrants who work or worked as nannies, caregivers to the elderly, housekeepers and gardeners.
—Daisy Verduzco Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Her relationships with her father, godmother and confidante, Lizzie, who is a housekeeper for the Murray family, are wonderfully well-written.
—The Know, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2025
The couple split in 2011 after it was revealed Arnold had an affair and fathered a son with the housekeeper.
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2025
Nannies Deserve Fair Compensation Rosalyn Washington, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Delaware, says that this topic is close to her heart, as her grandmother was a nanny and housekeeper in Alabama for much of her adult life.
—Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 21 Feb. 2025
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Daisy Verduzco Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Her relationships with her father, godmother and confidante, Lizzie, who is a housekeeper for the Murray family, are wonderfully well-written.
—The Know, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2025
The couple split in 2011 after it was revealed Arnold had an affair and fathered a son with the housekeeper.
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2025
Nannies Deserve Fair Compensation Rosalyn Washington, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Delaware, says that this topic is close to her heart, as her grandmother was a nanny and housekeeper in Alabama for much of her adult life.
—Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Housekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housekeeper. Accessed 1 Apr. 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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