housekeeper

CEFRB1

/ˈhaʊskipɚ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person whose job is to clean and manage a house.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • Let me see what else my housekeeper wants.

  • Mrs. Suzuki is a very economical housekeeper.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • /ˈhaʊskiːpə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.

  2. 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.

  3. Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.

More examples

In context

  • The housekeeper interrupted the conversation.

  • She was their third housekeeper, but after a month or so she also gave up.

  • The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The blank cleans all the rooms and does the laundry every week.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From house + keeper.