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house·keep·er    Audio Help   [hous-kee-per] Pronunciation Key
–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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house·keep·er    Audio Help   (hous'kē'pər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. One who is employed to perform or direct the domestic tasks in a household.
  2. A housewife.
  3. An employee of an establishment, such as a hospital, inn, or hotel, who performs or coordinates housekeeping tasks.

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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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housekeeper

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

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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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: dienstmeisje
Estonian: virtin
Finnish: taloudenhoitaja
French: gouvernante
German: die Haushälterin
Greek: οικονόμος
Hungarian: házvezetőnő
Icelandic: ráðskona
Indonesian: pengurus rumah tangga
Italian: governante
Japanese: 家政婦
Korean: 주부
Latvian: saimniecības vadītāja
Lithuanian: ekonomė, ūkvedė
Norwegian: husholderske
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
See also: house-fly, house-warming, houseboat, housebreaker, household, householder, housekeeping, houseman, housetrain, housewife, housework, housing, housing benefit, house, house agent, house arrest, household word, like a house on fire

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