as in maid
a female domestic servant
they hired a housekeeper to help their aging parents live at home
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Recent Examples of housekeeper
Puzder withdrew his nomination to lead the Labor Department in 2017 before having a confirmation hearing, with multiple GOP senators at the time appearing set to oppose him amid allegations of past spousal abuse and his employment of an undocumented immigrant as a housekeeper.
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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 23 Jan. 2025
The service industry, which employs housekeepers, drivers, landscapers, and small business owners, has come to a screeching halt.
—John Hope Bryant, TIME, 18 Jan. 2025
These gardeners, housekeepers and nannies kept Pacific Palisades going.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
June fires her housekeeper rather than ask her to not eat fast food in her house.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 23 Jan. 2025
The service industry, which employs housekeepers, drivers, landscapers, and small business owners, has come to a screeching halt.
—John Hope Bryant, TIME, 18 Jan. 2025
These gardeners, housekeepers and nannies kept Pacific Palisades going.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
June fires her housekeeper rather than ask her to not eat fast food in her house.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for housekeeper
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“Housekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housekeeper. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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