housekeeper

B2 Topic:People & Society

Also spelled house-keeper

US /ˈhaʊskipɚ/ UK /ˈhaʊskiːpə/ See IPA manual

Freq #8102

Meanings

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noun
A person employed to manage and clean a home, hotel, or institution.

The hotel hired a new housekeeper to look after the rooms.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms housekeepers

Derived forms housekeeperesshousekeeperlesshousekeeperly

Etymology

From house + keeper.

Topics

People & Society

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