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Definition of Housekeeper
1. Noun. A servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household.
Definition of Housekeeper
1. n. One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family.
Definition of Housekeeper
1. Noun. One who looks after the home by herself; either as a wife or a hired servant. ¹
2. Noun. A woman who supervises the female domestic staff of a large home. ¹
3. Noun. One who supervises the cleaning staff of a hospital, hotel, or similar business. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Housekeeper
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Housekeeper
Literary usage of Housekeeper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1902)
"Mr. SH Ellis, of Warren County: Just an explanation of one word that Brother
housekeeper used. He says he has averaged about one hundred bushels, ..."
2. The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1895)
"To which Sancho responded :—housekeeper of Satan ! it is myself am enticed away
and seduced, and led tramping along the by-roads, and not thy master. ..."
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