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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Cassidy said she was surrounded by her mom, the couple's housekeeper and childhood friends during the ordeal.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
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In 1840’s Toronto, scullery maid Grace Marks, 16, is accused of abetting the brutal murder of her employer and his pregnant housekeeper.
—Bailey Seybolt, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Since the disappearance some weeks prior of his best friend, Dr. Watson, and his housekeeper, Mrs. Hudson, Sherlock’s been forbidden from crime-solving by shadowy but definitely murderous forces, who make their presence known to him by way of scarlet threads planted at crime scenes.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
Later, Carlo began to attend Mass escorted by the family’s Hindu housekeeper, who would later cite Carlo’s devotion as the inspiration for his own conversion to Catholicism.
—Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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Jay Stahl, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Buy Now 03 of 10 'Alias Grace' by Margaret Atwood
In 1840’s Toronto, scullery maid Grace Marks, 16, is accused of abetting the brutal murder of her employer and his pregnant housekeeper.
—Bailey Seybolt, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Since the disappearance some weeks prior of his best friend, Dr. Watson, and his housekeeper, Mrs. Hudson, Sherlock’s been forbidden from crime-solving by shadowy but definitely murderous forces, who make their presence known to him by way of scarlet threads planted at crime scenes.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
Later, Carlo began to attend Mass escorted by the family’s Hindu housekeeper, who would later cite Carlo’s devotion as the inspiration for his own conversion to Catholicism.
—Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for housekeeper
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“Housekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housekeeper. Accessed 21 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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