housekeeper

== English == === Alternative forms === house keeper house-keeper (archaic) === Etymology === From house +‎ keeper. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhaʊskipɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhaʊskiːpə/ Hyphenation: house‧keep‧er === Noun === housekeeper (plural housekeepers) 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. [from 16th c.] Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household. [from 17th c.] (colloquial, now rare) Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody. [from 18th c.] (now rare) Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder. [from 15th c.] ==== Coordinate terms ==== housemaid ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====