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Meaning of housekeeper

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

housekeeper

Pronunciation:/ˈhaʊskiːpə//ˈhaʊskipɚ/

noun

Definitions

  1. Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.

  2. Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc.

    Example: She was their third housekeeper, but after a month or so she also gave up.

  3. Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.

  4. Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody.