as in housekeeper
a female domestic servant
toiled several years as a house girl at a large estate
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Recent Examples of house girl
Dear Eric: Two years ago, a group of 11 women on my husband’s side, including his mother, sisters and aunts, went on a beach house girls’ trip.
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R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
The new facility, St. Joseph Orphanage, was completed in 1854 to house 100 boys and, in 1855, began to also house girls.
—Jennifer Edwards Baker, Cincinnati.com, 1 May 2020
R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
The new facility, St. Joseph Orphanage, was completed in 1854 to house 100 boys and, in 1855, began to also house girls.
—Jennifer Edwards Baker, Cincinnati.com, 1 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for house girl
Noun
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The first glimpse of the movie showed Nina interviewing Millie for a live-in housekeeper job at the family's gorgeous mansion.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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Other things to take a look at include light switches and clocks, says Denise Perry, executive housekeeper at the Brenton Hotel in Newport, Rhode Island.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Sep. 2025
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When Davina goes out to fetch her, Julia is worried that Lovat is going to try the ol’ sneak-attack-wedding maneuver, but the maid reassures her that’s not the case.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
12 Sep. 2025
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Chastain portrayed Celia Foote in the drama based on Kathryn Stockett's novel of the same name about a white journalist chronicling the lives of Black maids working for white households in 1960s Mississippi.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Sep. 2025
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“House girl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/house%20girl. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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