housekeeper
noun
house·keep·er
ˈhau̇s-ˌkē-pər 
1
: one employed to manage the domestic duties involved in maintaining a house
2
: a member of a household who manages the domestic duties of the household
She was her father's housekeeper …—
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery
especially
: one who keeps house in a specified way
was always a good/poor housekeeper
… a tidy housekeeper who kept flowers outside his unit … —Kyle Swenson
Kyle Swenson Synonyms
Examples of housekeeper in a Sentence
they hired a housekeeper to help their aging parents live at home
Recent Examples on the Web
But Jackson wouldn’t leave Georgia, instead joining a number of freedmen who stayed in the Savannah area and found jobs as porters, housekeepers, and dockworkers.
—Essence, 18 June 2024
Microglial cells are the brain’s housekeepers, responsible for tidying up synapses, taking out cellular trash and gobbling up nasties such as amyloid.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 18 June 2024
At the Radisson, meanwhile, the city’s Department of Workforce and Employment Standards determined in the fall that the hotel owed back pay to 128 ex-employees — including housekeepers, front desk staff and others — who were mostly all laid off after the pandemic began.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
The more than 10-month-old strike now appears to be nearing its end, with dozens of hotels agreeing to immediate raises of $5 per hour for front desk clerks, dishwashers and housekeepers.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
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Essence, 18 June 2024
Microglial cells are the brain’s housekeepers, responsible for tidying up synapses, taking out cellular trash and gobbling up nasties such as amyloid.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 18 June 2024
At the Radisson, meanwhile, the city’s Department of Workforce and Employment Standards determined in the fall that the hotel owed back pay to 128 ex-employees — including housekeepers, front desk staff and others — who were mostly all laid off after the pandemic began.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
The more than 10-month-old strike now appears to be nearing its end, with dozens of hotels agreeing to immediate raises of $5 per hour for front desk clerks, dishwashers and housekeepers.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
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“Housekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housekeeper. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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housekeeper
noun
house·keep·er
ˈhau̇-ˌskē-pər
: a person employed to take care of a house
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