Definitions for: Housekeeper


[n] a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household



Webster (1913) Definition: 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 a 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.

See Also: domestic, domestic help, house servant

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