housekeeper
noun
house·keep·er
ˈhau̇s-ˌkē-pər 
1
: one employed to manage the domestic duties involved in maintaining a house
2
: a member of a household who manages the domestic duties of the household
She was her father's housekeeper …—
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery
especially
: one who keeps house in a specified way
was always a good/poor housekeeper
… a tidy housekeeper who kept flowers outside his unit … —Kyle Swenson
Kyle Swenson Examples of housekeeper in a Sentence
they hired a housekeeper to help their aging parents live at home
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—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
Fifty Four Seasons housekeepers, chefs, and other staff, who otherwise would have been unemployed, occupied a separate part of the hotel.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Massachusetts authorities are searching for an armed suspect accused of robbing a $20 million mansion and tying up a housekeeper in an elaborate heist.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Kelly first met Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip in Germany in 1992 while working as a housekeeper for the then British ambassador Sir Christopher Mallaby.
—Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for housekeeper
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“Housekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housekeeper. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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housekeeper
noun
house·keep·er
ˈhau̇-ˌskē-pər
: a person employed to take care of a house
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