as in maid
a female domestic servant
they hired a housekeeper to help their aging parents live at home
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Recent Examples of housekeeper
Santos was a mom to four kids and worked as a housekeeper, according to an employer who shared fundraising options for her children on Facebook.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
Vesiolko worked as a housekeeper, under the table.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 21 Dec. 2025
Other honorees at Saturday’s luncheon were Irene Pettigrew, 92, a former housekeeper and Jordan Marsh department store employee, and Emma Bouie, 90, who still owns and operates a real estate business in Perrine.
—Miami Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
Into this lion's den comes Millie (Sydney Sweeney), a desperate young woman in need of work to maintain her parole status after a 10-year prison stint, who takes Nina up on her offer to be the Winchesters' live-in housekeeper.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 19 Dec. 2025
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maid
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Liongate just greenlit a sequel film based on the second book in Freida McFadden’s trilogy series, The Housemaid’s Secret, with Sydney Sweeney returning as the devious maid, Millie Calloway.—
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My poor mother had to work as a maid in the village.—
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“Housekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housekeeper. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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