HOUSEKEEPERS

Noun

housekeepers

plural of housekeeper

Source: Wiktionary


HOUSEKEEPER

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



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