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–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 ME houskeper. See house, keeper

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—Related forms

house·keep·er·like, adjective

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house·keep·er Audio Help (hous'kē'pər) Pronunciation Key
n.

One who is employed to perform or direct the domestic tasks in a household.
A housewife.
An employee of an establishment, such as a hospital, inn, or hotel, who performs or coordinates housekeeping tasks.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
housekeeper

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

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

housekeeper
noun
a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈhousekeeper noun

a person, usually a woman, who is paid to look after the management of a house

Arabic:	مُدَبِّرَة شؤون البيْت
Chinese (Simplified):	管理家务的主妇，女管家
Chinese (Traditional):	管理家務的主婦，女管家
Czech:	domovník, -ice
Danish:	husholderske
Dutch:	(dienst)meisje
Estonian:	virtin
Finnish:	taloudenhoitaja
French:	gouvernante
German:	die Haushälterin
Greek:	οικονόμος
Hungarian:	házvezető(nő)
Icelandic:	ráðskona
Indonesian:	pengurus rumah tangga
Italian:	governante

Japanese:	家政婦
Korean:	주부
Latvian:	saimniecības vadītāja
Lithuanian:	ekonomė, ūkvedė
Norwegian:	husholder(ske)
Polish:	gospodyni, administrator
Portuguese (Brazil):	governanta
Portuguese (Portugal):	governanta
Romanian:	menajeră
Russian:	экономка
Slovak:	domovník, -čka
Slovenian:	hišna oskrbnica
Spanish:	gobernanta, ama de llaves
Swedish:	hushållerska, husföreståndare, vaktmästare
Turkish:	kâhya (kadın)

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Housekeeper

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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