housekeeper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household

WordNet

House"keep`er noun
Definitions
  1. One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family. Locke.
  2. One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs.
  3. One who exercises hospitality, or has plentiful and hospitable household. Obs. Sir H. Wotton.
  4. One who keeps or stays much at home. R.
    You are manifest housekeeper. Shak.
  5. A house dog. Obs. Shak.

Webster 1913