housekeeper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.
  3. Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody.
  4. Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.

Pronunciation

/ˈhaʊskipɚ/ /ˈhaʊskiːpə/ en-us-housekeeper.ogg

Word forms

housekeeper housekeepers house keeper house-keeper

Etymology

From house + keeper.

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