housekeeper
noun
house·keep·er
ˈhau̇s-ˌkē-pər 
1
: one employed to manage the domestic duties involved in maintaining a house
2
: a member of a household who manages the domestic duties of the household
She was her father's housekeeper …—
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery
especially
: one who keeps house in a specified way
was always a good/poor housekeeper
… a tidy housekeeper who kept flowers outside his unit … —Kyle Swenson
Kyle Swenson Examples of housekeeper in a Sentence
they hired a housekeeper to help their aging parents live at home
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Satterfield, the Murdaugh family's longtime housekeeper, tragically died in February 2018 following a fall at the Murdaugh estate.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Brown’s description stands in stark contrast to the housekeeper’s own harrowing account of what happened.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
The dog is fine, but the housekeeper will undergo treatment for rabies exposure as a precaution, the homeowners told WABC.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
In 2018, the family’s longtime housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield, mysteriously fell to her death at the Murdaughs' home.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
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Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Brown’s description stands in stark contrast to the housekeeper’s own harrowing account of what happened.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
The dog is fine, but the housekeeper will undergo treatment for rabies exposure as a precaution, the homeowners told WABC.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
In 2018, the family’s longtime housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield, mysteriously fell to her death at the Murdaughs' home.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for housekeeper
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“Housekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housekeeper. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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housekeeper
noun
house·keep·er
ˈhau̇-ˌskē-pər
: a person employed to take care of a house
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