as in maids
a female domestic servant
they hired a housekeeper to help their aging parents live at home
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Recent Examples of housekeepers
His companies continued to hire H-2 workers during his first presidential term, posting applications for visas for 78 housekeepers, cooks and food servers at Mar-a-Lago in mid-2018, for example.
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Ken Bensinger, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Many people are tipping their babysitters, housekeepers and teachers this holiday season, but often by the same amounts as three years ago.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2024
An estimated 57% of consumers plan to tip their housekeepers, up 3 percentage points since last year and 10 since 2021, the biggest post-pandemic jump.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2024
How much are people tipping their babysitters, housekeepers and teachers this holiday season?
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2024
The Hoosier cabinet made the kitchen easier to navigate and more accessible to middle-class housewives in particular who had largely depended on housekeepers to run their kitchens.
—Michelle Mastro, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
Staff and service From the housekeepers to the camp managers and guides, every staff member is Botswanan.
—Chris Schalkx, AFAR Media, 12 Dec. 2024
It is fully staffed with three operations managers, four chefs, five housekeepers, two gardeners, a custodian, and the custodian’s cat (do not pet).
—Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Sometimes, housekeepers forget.
—Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
Ken Bensinger, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Many people are tipping their babysitters, housekeepers and teachers this holiday season, but often by the same amounts as three years ago.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2024
An estimated 57% of consumers plan to tip their housekeepers, up 3 percentage points since last year and 10 since 2021, the biggest post-pandemic jump.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2024
How much are people tipping their babysitters, housekeepers and teachers this holiday season?
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2024
The Hoosier cabinet made the kitchen easier to navigate and more accessible to middle-class housewives in particular who had largely depended on housekeepers to run their kitchens.
—Michelle Mastro, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
Staff and service From the housekeepers to the camp managers and guides, every staff member is Botswanan.
—Chris Schalkx, AFAR Media, 12 Dec. 2024
It is fully staffed with three operations managers, four chefs, five housekeepers, two gardeners, a custodian, and the custodian’s cat (do not pet).
—Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Sometimes, housekeepers forget.
—Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Housekeepers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housekeepers. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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