housekeeper

[hous-kee-per] Origin

house·keep·er

[hous-kee-per]
noun
1.
a person, often hired, who does or directs the domestic work and planning necessary for a home, as cleaning or buying food.
2.
an employee of a hotel, hospital, etc., who supervises the cleaning staff.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English houskeper. See house, keeper

house·keep·er·like, adjective
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Housekeeper is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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housekeeper (ˈhaʊsˌkiːpə)
 
n
1.  a person, esp a woman, employed to run a household
2.  bad housekeeper a person who is not an efficient and thrifty domestic manager
3.  good housekeeper a person who is an efficient and thrifty domestic manager

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housekeeper
c.1440, "householder;" sense of "female head domestic servant of a house" is from 1607.
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