housekeeper
(noun) a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
Source: WordNet® 3.1
housekeeper (plural housekeepers)
(now, rare) Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder. [from 15th c.]
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. [from 16th c.]
Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household. [from 17th c.]
(colloquial, now, rare) Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody. [from 18th c.]
• housemaid
Source: Wiktionary
House"keep`er, n.
1. One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family. Locke.
2. One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs.
3. One who exercises hospitality, or has plentiful and hospitable household. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
4. One who keeps or stays much at home. [R.] You are manifest housekeeper. Shak.
5. A house dog. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 April 2025
(noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
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