as in maid
a female domestic servant
they hired a housekeeper to help their aging parents live at home
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Recent Examples of housekeeper
Joseph is the son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and his housekeeper, Mildred Baena, and was born in 1998.
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 9 Sep. 2025
Rounding out the unhappy home — two times a week, anyway — is Rina (Monika Frajczyk), an undocumented Macedonian housekeeper who’s been half-persuaded and half-threatened by Chris into taking the job despite her horror at seeing Tommy trapped in the basement.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
The children's longtime nanny, Maria Turrion Borrallo, and housekeepers will likely stay in smaller properties nearby.
—Stephanie Petit, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Among the fictitious board were Taylor’s housekeeper and a bartender.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 9 Sep. 2025
Rounding out the unhappy home — two times a week, anyway — is Rina (Monika Frajczyk), an undocumented Macedonian housekeeper who’s been half-persuaded and half-threatened by Chris into taking the job despite her horror at seeing Tommy trapped in the basement.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
The children's longtime nanny, Maria Turrion Borrallo, and housekeepers will likely stay in smaller properties nearby.
—Stephanie Petit, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Among the fictitious board were Taylor’s housekeeper and a bartender.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for housekeeper
maid
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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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“Housekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housekeeper. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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