housekeeper
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pər 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.
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| —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
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Word Origin & History
housekeeper
c.1440, "householder;" sense of "female head domestic servant of a house" is from 1607.
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Example sentences
It would be well to follow their example, and it is the duty of every housekeeper to learn the art of soup making.
Arriving at evening, they announced themselves to the housekeeper.
Unable to tell him the truth, she instead becomes his housekeeper, and a relationship eventually develops between the two.
Housekeeper for an elderly lady makes a bedspread to be raffled off for some war cause.
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