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housekeeper.

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.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhaʊskipɚ/General-American/ˈhaʊskiːpə/Received-Pronunciation
  1. 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.
  2. Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.

  3. Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody.

    archaic · colloquial
  4. Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From house + keeper.

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