houseworker
- noun
- /ˈhaʊsˌwɜrkər/
:
trabajador doméstico
- She worked as a houseworker, taking care of cleaning and cooking tasks.
Examples
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In the newsletters of Armenian orphans in France, repeated articles describe the "commercialization" of Armenian girls and young women dispatched as female houseworkers.
Academic text (1993) -
We's houseworkers.
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Behind the value of endogamy, marriage relations are forged by bringing brides into household systems of domination and putting them to work as houseworkers, subsistence farmers, and reproductive units.
Academic text (1994) -
The houseworker prepared dinner while the children did their homework.
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Many families hire a houseworker to help manage their household chores.
Synonyms
422
1.0
A person who works in someone's home doing jobs like cooking and cleaning
264
1.0
A woman paid to clean and cook in another person's home
110
1.1
A person who manages household chores and keeps the home clean
51
1.0
A person who cleans houses or offices as their job
28
2.7
A person who manages a home and cares for their family
27
1.0
A woman who cleans houses or offices for pay
14
5.8
A person who works in a home doing cleaning and cooking
8
2.4
A woman paid to clean and do other jobs in a home
6
1.3
A woman who is paid to clean houses or offices regularly
3
7.1
A woman who works in a home doing cleaning and cooking
1
2.3
A person who works in a home doing cleaning, cooking and other daily tasks
1
1.9
A person who cleans homes for money
1
2.6
A person paid to clean and cook in a home
1
9.7
A woman who cleans houses or offices, often in the past
A person who helps older or disabled people with housework and shopping at home
How Professional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Houseworker comes from the two simple words house and worker, so it literally means a 'worker' for the 'house'. So, a houseworker is someone who does cooking, cleaning and other home tasks for a family or as a job.