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Meaning of "housekeeper" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOUSEKEEPER

housekeeper  [ˈhaʊsˌkiːpə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOUSEKEEPER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Housekeeper is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOUSEKEEPER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Housekeeper

Housekeeper may refer to: ▪ Housekeeper, a person heading up domestic maintenance ▪ Maid, a female with various domestic duties ▪ Janitor, a person responsible for institutional maintenance ▪ A person engaged in housekeeping...

Definition of housekeeper in the English dictionary

The definition of housekeeper in the dictionary is a person, esp a woman, employed to run a household.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOUSEKEEPER


barkeeper
ˈbɑːˌkiːpə
beekeeper
ˈbiːˌkiːpə
book-keeper
ˈbʊkˌkiːpə
boxkeeper
ˈbɒksˌkiːpə
crowkeeper
ˈkrəʊˌkiːpə
doorkeeper
ˈdɔːˌkiːpə
gamekeeper
ˈɡeɪmˌkiːpə
gatekeeper
ˈɡeɪtˌkiːpə
goalkeeper
ˈɡəʊlˌkiːpə
greenskeeper
ˈɡriːnzˌkiːpə
innkeeper
ˈɪnˌkiːpə
peacekeeper
ˈpiːsˌkiːpə
scorekeeper
ˈskɔːˌkiːpə
shopkeeper
ˈʃɒpˌkiːpə
stockkeeper
ˈstɒkˌkiːpə
storekeeper
ˈstɔːˌkiːpə
timekeeper
ˈtaɪmˌkiːpə
underkeeper
ˈʌndəˌkiːpə
wicketkeeper
ˈwɪkɪtˌkiːpə
zookeeper
ˈzuːˌkiːpə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOUSEKEEPER

household linen
household name
household rubbish
household soap
household troops
household word
householder
householdership
househusband
housekeep
housekeeping
housel
houseleek
houseless
houselessness
houseline
houseling
houselled
houselling
housemaid

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOUSEKEEPER

beeper
carpet-sweeper
cheeper
chimney sweeper
creeper
Culpeper
Freeper
green keeper
groundskeeper
keeper
lighthouse keeper
minesweeper
peeper
road sweeper
rough sleeper
sleeper
steeper
street sweeper
sweeper
Virginia creeper
weeper

Synonyms and antonyms of housekeeper in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «housekeeper» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOUSEKEEPER

Find out the translation of housekeeper to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of housekeeper from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «housekeeper» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

管家
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

asistenta
570 millions of speakers

English

housekeeper
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नौकरानी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مدبرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

экономка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

governanta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাড়ির সরকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gouvernante
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembantu rumah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Haushälter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

家政婦
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가정부
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Omahé
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பணிப்பெண்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घराची सर्व व्यवस्था पाहणारी व्यक्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

idareci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

governante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gospodyni
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

економка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

menajera
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οικονόμος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

huishulp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hushållerska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

husholderske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of housekeeper

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOUSEKEEPER»

The term «housekeeper» is very widely used and occupies the 12.751 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOUSEKEEPER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «housekeeper» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «housekeeper» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about housekeeper

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7 QUOTES WITH «HOUSEKEEPER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word housekeeper.
1
Tom Bergeron
Some people come in and really freak. There's movement everywhere, even a dancing housekeeper!
2
Valerie June
I was working like a dog as a housekeeper, barista, nanny, cook, so I could save enough money to really sit with my instruments. Whenever I had 20 minutes, I would practice a new chord or write a new verse.
3
Dennis Quaid
I grew up in Houston, and I remember we had separate drinking fountains, and black people sat in the balcony of the theater... We had an African-American housekeeper growing up who was really like my second mother. I thought it was silly - hatred just because of the color of somebody's skin.
4
Tate Taylor
I met this woman who was a hundred, this housekeeper, a hundred years old. I interviewed her. She just told me about her whole life. She's like, 'I can't read, I can't write; I can tell you who I was working for, and I can tell you the year, but who was president?'
5
Ivana Trump
There's nothing my housekeeper does that I can't do - and maybe better!
6
Jesmyn Ward
My mom worked as a housekeeper, and I saw her relationship with her employers - how on the one hand she spent more time with these women than with a lot of her friends, and how in certain ways they were friends. But then they weren't.
7
Thornton Wilder
Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOUSEKEEPER»

Discover the use of housekeeper in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to housekeeper and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Complete Indian Housekeeper & Cook: Giving the Duties of ...
Giving the Duties of Mistress and Servants, the General Management of the House and Practical Recipes for Cooking in All Its Branches Flora Annie Webster Steel, Grace Gardiner. 7. Aux Tomfites—Butter some pointed patty-pans, sprinkle  ...
Flora Annie Webster Steel, Grace Gardiner, 1902
2
The Housekeeper and the Professor: A Novel
Yoko Ogawa's The Housekeeper and the Professor is an enchanting story about what it means to live in the present, and about the curious equations that can create a family.
Yoko Ogawa, 2009
3
The housekeeper's diary: Charles and Diana before the breakup
She chronicles the growing emotional turmoil of a disintegrating relationship as witnessed by herself and other staff, and how both the Prince and Princess sought comfort outside their marriage while trying to maintain the fairy tale public ...
Wendy Berry, 1995
4
Miss Beecher's Housekeeper and Healthkeeper
COMFOET FOR A DISCOTIBASED HOUSEKEEPER. There; is no doubt of the fact, that' American housekeepers .have far greater trials and difficulties to meet than those of any other nation. And it js probable that many of those who may read ...
Catharine Esther Beecher, 2008
5
Sensible Housekeeper, Scandalously Pregnant
What right did Argentinean billionaire Rafael Cruz have to demand her in his bed?
Jennie Lucas, 2010
6
Italian Boss, Housekeeper Bride
From mousy housekeeper.
Sharon Kendrick, 2007
7
Housekeeper to the Millionaire
Vacancy: housekeeper needed for eligible millionaire!
Lucy Monroe, 2008
8
His Pregnant Housekeeper
When wealthy architect Daniel Hamilton finds Iona living in the empty building he's bought, he knows he should be asking her to leave. But Daniel can't turn his back on a pregnant woman, and offers her a job as his housekeeper.
Caroline Anderson, 2008
9
His Housekeeper Bride
Australian tycoon Mark Hannaford closed himself off from the world after losing his wife...until Sylvie Browning waltzed into his home. He hired the gutsy gal to bring order to his life. Instead she brought chaos and laughter.
Melissa James, 2009
10
The Housekeeper
A madcap, zany farce which was successfully produced in both London and New York.
James Prideaux, 1984

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOUSEKEEPER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term housekeeper is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Christian principles good for business, says Chinese executive …
I am merely a housekeeper of Jesus, assisting him in taking care of the company," he told the BBC's CEO Guru series. Six of the eight members ... «Christian Concern, Jul 15»
2
I spent 2 years cleaning houses. What I saw makes me never want …
Let me tell you something you already know: Your housekeeper spies on you. We work alone. We get bored. What do you expect? I worked for ... «Vox, Jul 15»
3
Mr. Holmes · Film Review · The A.V. Club
... the young son of housekeeper Mrs. Munro (Laura Linney), takes an interest in both Holmes' past as a brilliant detective and his present as an ... «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Jul 15»
4
Housekeeper accused of taking gun
LOWELL -- A former motel housekeeper is accused of stealing a guest's .45-caliber handgun from his room. On Thursday In Lowell District ... «Lowell Sun, Jul 15»
5
Mr Turner is the most complained about film of the past year due to …
Yet one scene in which Turner forcibly has sex with his housekeeper was deemed to have overstepped the mark. According to the BBFC report, ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
6
A robot housekeeper may not be the best idea
I DREAM of a time when I can have a robot housekeeper to do all my washing, ironing and floor cleaning. I would like to say that working ... «the Irish News, Jul 15»
7
Hotel housekeeper is passing on her keys
The 62-year-old, who was AA Hotel Housekeeper of the Year runner-up in 2011, will be leaving Matfen Hall Hotel as she retires after 43 years ... «Morpeth Herald, Jul 15»
8
Stars to receive honorary degrees at DMU graduation ceremony
Leicestershire-born actress Una Stubbs, who plays housekeeper Mrs Hudson in the Bafta-awarding winning detective series, as well as Aunt ... «Leicester Mercury, Jul 15»
9
Queenstown housekeeper sentenced over assaults
A housekeeper has been sentenced to community work after she assaulted her partner and her brother in a series of violent outbursts. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
10
Housekeeper injured at The Lodge exaggerates symptoms, but still …
A former housekeeper who hurt her back working at the prime minister's official Canberra residence will continue to receive workers' ... «The Canberra Times, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Housekeeper [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/housekeeper>. May 2024 ».
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