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noun

Housekeeper n.

One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family.

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.

One who exercises hospitality, or has a plentiful and hospitable household. (Obs.)

One who keeps or stays much at home. (R.) "You are manifest housekeeper."

A house dog. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Housekeeper" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the establishment thus composed devolved upon Pestalozzi. From motives of economy and from the difficulty of procuring suitable assistants, he employed no one but a housekeeper. The burden of this task was increased by the caprice and folly of many of the parents, whose children had been sent to the asylum. They were prejudiced against him as a Protestant and an agent of the Helvetic ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, v. 13 • Various

... and voluble cook-housekeeper, and her attic lay directly above Trenholme's room. He went back for the clock, crept swiftly upstairs, opened a door a few inches, and put the infernal machine inside, close to the wall. He was splashing in the bath when a harsh ...

— The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley • Louis Tracy

... far from satisfied with the very meagre information he had received, and directly he got a favourable opportunity, he besieged Mrs. Mittens, the old housekeeper, with questions concerning the new relation who was coming to make her home with them, and of the Uncle Frank whose name he had never heard before. Eddie did not share his curiosity, or perhaps concluded that his father's command to ask no questions was a general one; Bertie insisted it only referred ...

— Little Folks (July 1884) - A Magazine for the Young • Various

... Miss Dorset's maid, and look into the shop-windows and speculate what was going to be worn next season. Poor little girl! with such innocent and frivolous tastes, it may be supposed she did not find her position as elder sister and housekeeper a very congenial one. Her father was no more than Incumbent of St. Roque, an old perpetual curacy merged in a district church, which was a poor appointment for an elderly man with a family; he was very clever and superior, but not a man who got on, or ...

— Phoebe, Junior • Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant

... poor, but the mother must be a very bad housekeeper, anyway. For, even if they had nothing but potatoes to eat, she might at least ...

— Your Child: Today and Tomorrow • Sidonie Matzner Gruenberg

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