housekeeper : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: housekeeper	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for housekeeper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
housekeeper n a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Housekeeper \House"keep`er\, n. 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 a 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.