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housekeeper

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As a noun, housekeeper means someone who owns a house as a place of residence.

Meanings of housekeeper

4 meanings

noun

  1. now rareSomeone 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.

    “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. colloquialnow rareSomeone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody.

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