housekeeper
Meanings
noun
- 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.
- Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.
- Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody.
- Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From house + keeper.
Derived words
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