housekeeper
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housekeeper
- /ˈhaʊskipɚ/ US
- /ˈhaʊskiːpə/ UK
Where it comes from
From house + keeper.
noun housekeepers · house keeper · house-keeper
- 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. She was their third housekeeper, but after a month or so she also gave up.
- Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.
- Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody. I do assure you he is no house-keeper. I have seen him in desperate conflict with savage men, and even with His Majesty's redcoats.
- Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder. He was often heard to express his fears of coming upon the parish; and to bless God, that, on account of his having been so long a housekeeper, he was intitled to that provision.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: housewife, homemaker, housekeeping, housework, babysitter, governess, household, nurse, nanny, hostess, landlady, maid, woman, servant, wife, domestic
Translations
Every language
noun someone employed to manage or look after a home
| Español | ama de llaves, gobernanta, ama de gobierno |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 房屋管理人 fángwū guǎnlǐrén |
| Português | governanta |
| Français | gouvernante |
| Deutsch | Haushälterin |
| Italiano | governante |
| Ελληνικά | οικονόμος oikonómos |
| Русский | эконо́мка ekonómka, домоправи́тельница domopravítelʹnica |
noun someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household
| Español | ama de llaves, gobernanta, ama de gobierno |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 가정부 gajeongbu |
| 日本語 | 家政婦 kaseifu, ハウスキーパー hausukīpā |
| 中文 | 女管家 nǚguǎnjiā, 管家 guǎnjiā |
| Português | dona de casa |
| Français | ménagère |
| Deutsch | Hausfrau, Haushälterin, Haushälter |
| Italiano | casalinga |
| Ελληνικά | οικονόμος oikonómos, νοικοκυρά noikokyrá |
| Română | menajeră, femeie în casă, casnică |
| Русский | домрабо́тница domrabótnica, эконо́мка ekonómka |
| Tiếng Việt | bà quản gia |
| العربية | مُدَبَّرَة الْمَنْزَل |
Talk about this word "housekeeper." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/housekeeper. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. housekeeper. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/housekeeper "housekeeper." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/housekeeper.Cite this
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title = {housekeeper},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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