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Housekeeper

Housekeeper Meaning & Definition
Housekeeper Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Housekeeper?

[n] a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household

Synonyms | Synonyms for Housekeeper:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Housekeeper: attorney | bailiff | butler | chamberlain | croupier | curator | custodian | emcee | factor | guardian | house steward | landreeve | librarian | majordomo | master of ceremonies | MC | proctor | procurator | seneschal | steward

See Also | domestic | domestic help | house servant

Housekeeper In Webster's Dictionary

\House"keep`er\, n. 1. One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family. --Locke. 2. One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs. 3. One who exercises hospitality, or has a plentiful and hospitable household. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton. 4. One who keeps or stays much at home. [R.] You are manifest housekeeper. --Shak. 5. A house dog. [Obs.] --Shak.

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