as in maid
a female domestic servant
they hired a housekeeper to help their aging parents live at home
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Santora said the outbreak involves only residents living in the independent living apartments and staff, such as housekeepers and food service workers, who work in that section of the building.
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Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
Eliza, a hotel housekeeper, and Henrietta, a coffee shop assistant, who were both 32 and living in Aberdeen, went missing in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Jan. 7.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Finally, she was granted a domestic worker’s visa to Britain, and was allowed to enter the country as a housekeeper.
—Nina Siegal, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
It’s centered on a woman named Anna (Ellen Dorrit Petersen), who arrives in town and serves as a housekeeper for a businessman named Klaus (Eindride Eidsvold).
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
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Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
Eliza, a hotel housekeeper, and Henrietta, a coffee shop assistant, who were both 32 and living in Aberdeen, went missing in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Jan. 7.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Finally, she was granted a domestic worker’s visa to Britain, and was allowed to enter the country as a housekeeper.
—Nina Siegal, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
It’s centered on a woman named Anna (Ellen Dorrit Petersen), who arrives in town and serves as a housekeeper for a businessman named Klaus (Eindride Eidsvold).
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Housekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housekeeper. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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