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housekeeperlike

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house⋅keep⋅er

  [hous-kee-per]
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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

Related forms:
house⋅keep⋅er⋅like, adjective
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Word Origin & History

housekeeper 
c.1440, "householder;" sense of "female head domestic servant of a house" is from 1607.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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