housekeeper
Someone employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or…Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc.
» I never was a good housekeeper.
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4 sensesSomeone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc.
She was their third housekeeper, but after a month or so she also gave up.
Haushälterin
эконо́мкаekonómka, домоправи́тельницаdomopravítelʹnica
Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.
Hausfrau, Haushälterin, Haushälter
домрабо́тницаdomrabótnica, эконо́мкаekonómka
a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
(archaic, colloquial)Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody.
(archaic)Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.
Examples
48 sentencesTranslations
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Origin
From house + keeper.From house + keeper.
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Forms
plural: housekeepersWord family
4 related wordsSee also
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