housekeeper

3 definitions found

housekeeper - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Housekeeper \House"keep`er\, n.
     1. One who occupies a house with his family; a householder;
        the master or mistress of a family. --Locke.
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     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.
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     3. One who exercises hospitality, or has a plentiful and
        hospitable household. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
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     4. One who keeps or stays much at home. [R.]
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              You are manifest housekeeper.         --Shak.
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     5. A house dog. [Obs.] --Shak.
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housekeeper - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  housekeeper
      n 1: a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a
           household

housekeeper - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "housekeeper":
     MC, attorney, bailiff, butler, chamberlain, croupier, curator,
     custodian, emcee, factor, guardian, house steward, landreeve,
     librarian, majordomo, master of ceremonies, proctor, procurator,
     seneschal, steward