housekeeper
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1.1
- noun
- /ˈhaʊsˌkiːpər/
:
empleado doméstico
- After interviewing several candidates, she hired a trustworthy housekeeper to manage the household chores.
- housekeeper and cook
- take over as housekeeper
- mother's housekeeper
There's a subplot sub character, an Indonesian housekeeper in Taipei.
- There's a subplot sub character, an Indonesian housekeeper in Taipei.
- Now I had a housekeeper at that time and I didn't put her name.
- And I, I, I had a housekeeper growing up.
- I texted him to tell him what time the the housekeepers are coming.
- I've told my kids, Andrew and Chloe, you know, we have a full time housekeeper.
- Nannies, the nurse, whatever the cook, the housekeeper, the secretary, women who are close and available.
- And the housekeepers and security guards were told to spy on them by the CEO.
- It was a Whoopi Goldberg film, and I played sort of a very Waspy kid that she was the housekeeper too.
- And you know, I will never forget the kind of like screams from my housekeeper finding him and having to make that call to my mum.
- So like the housekeeper, the, the, the chefs, you know, they got to hear me throwing up, purging, gagging.
- And he has, like, a bunch of housekeepers and servants at his place, and they made him a plate of food with like, a real plate and silverware.
- They've seen some housekeepers have seen some shit.
- Melania, Marla, Ivana, that one housekeeper allegedly, allegedly.
Examples
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Shelley's housekeeper was cleaning one of the rooms when Shelley walked past the window and waved at her.
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The housekeeper prepared breakfast every morning before the family woke up.
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That must be the housekeeper.
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I found a housekeeper for you, a Portuguese woman.
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I'm Mrs. Brown, the housekeeper.
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I'm not a great housekeeper, but I know I'm a good mother.
Fiction book (1991) -
Mr. And Mrs. Sobel, your housekeeper let us in.
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You have a housekeeper, Brooke.
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"I'm sorry, I... thought I heard one of the servants call to me." "Your housekeeper?" she asked tartly.
Fiction book (1991) -
Appended to the house was a miniature flat in which the housekeeper lived with her teenage daughter.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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2.7
A person who manages a home and cares for their family
How Responsible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Housekeeper is just house + keeper, meaning someone who 'keeps' or looks after a home. So a housekeeper manages rooms, cleaning, and daily work to keep a household running.