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
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Examples of housekeeper in a Sentence
they hired a housekeeper to help their aging parents live at home
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Goldberg's mother Emma Harris and brother Clyde Johnson were staying with her at her house in the Pacific Palisades and stepped out together, leaving Goldberg alone with her housekeeper.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 8 May 2024
This reported altercation involving Soliz, her former housekeeper, took place shortly after the singer settled her divorce from ex-husband Sam Asghari, Page Six said.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
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Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 8 May 2024
This reported altercation involving Soliz, her former housekeeper, took place shortly after the singer settled her divorce from ex-husband Sam Asghari, Page Six said.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
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“Housekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housekeeper. Accessed 14 May. 2024.
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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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