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Meaning of "houseworker" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOUSEWORKER

houseworker  [ˈhaʊsˌwɜːkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOUSEWORKER

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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Houseworker 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 HOUSEWORKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of houseworker in the English dictionary

The definition of houseworker in the dictionary is a person who does housework for pay.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOUSEWORKER


autoworker
ˈɔːtəʊˌwɜːkə
bodyworker
ˈbɒdɪˌwɜːkə
counterworker
ˈkaʊntəˌwɜːkə
dayworker
ˈdeɪˌwɜːkə
dock-worker
ˈdɒkˌwɜːkə
faceworker
ˈfeɪsˌwɜːkə
glass-worker
ˈɡlɑːsˌwɜːkə
homeworker
ˈhəʊmˌwɜːkə
ironworker
ˈaɪənˌwɜːkə
needleworker
ˈniːdəlˌwɜːkə
networker
ˈnɛtˌwɜːkə
outworker
ˈaʊtˌwɜːkə
pieceworker
ˈpiːsˌwɜːkə
slopworker
ˈslɒpˌwɜːkə
stoneworker
ˈstəʊnˌwɜːkə
tutworker
ˈtʌtˌwɜːkə
underworker
ˈʌndəˌwɜːkə
waxworker
ˈwæksˌwɜːkə
wonder-worker
ˈwʌndəˌwɜːkə
woodworker
ˈwʊdˌwɜːkə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOUSEWORKER

housemother
houseparent
houseperson
houser
houseroom
Houses of Parliament
housesitting
housetop
housewares
housewife
housewifeliness
housewifely
housewifery
housewifeship
housewifeskep
housewifey
housewives
housework
housey
housey-housey

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOUSEWORKER

aid worker
care-worker
childcare worker
co-worker
community worker
construction worker
corker
factory worker
field worker
forker
health care worker
knowledge worker
medical social worker
New Yorker
office worker
Parker
social worker
steelworker
white-collar worker
worker
yorker

Synonyms and antonyms of houseworker in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «houseworker» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOUSEWORKER

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

Translator English - Chinese

houseworker
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

houseworker
570 millions of speakers

English

houseworker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

houseworker
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

houseworker
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

houseworker
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trabalhadora doméstica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

houseworker
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

houseworker
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pekerja rumah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

houseworker
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

houseworker
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

houseworker
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Houseworker
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

houseworker
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

houseworker
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घरकाम करणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

houseworker
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

houseworker
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

houseworker
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

houseworker
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

houseworker
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

houseworker
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

houseworker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

houseworker
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

houseworker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of houseworker

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOUSEWORKER»

The term «houseworker» is normally little used and occupies the 143.185 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOUSEWORKER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «houseworker» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «houseworker» 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 houseworker

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOUSEWORKER»

Discover the use of houseworker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to houseworker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Flexibility in the Nordic Labour Market
either by applying the wage of a houseworker or by multiplying the time used for each specific field of housework by the market wage of a specialist of the particular field. One aspect that the saved-cost approach has been criticised for is that ...
Nordic Council of Ministers, Rita Asplund, 1998
2
Marx and Modern Political Theory: From Hobbes to ...
But why can the capitalist, then, gain surplus value by exchanging commodities on the market while the houseworker cannot? Why won't the market adjust so that what the capitalist's commodities will exchange for will equal his costs of ...
Philip J. Kain, 1993
3
Social Division
From (7.9), the condition is w2 > k/t > w, (7.10) With this relationship of the parameters, the Pareto set does include representatives of all types, since there are houseworker households < m, t > with m < k and m/t > wi satisfying (7.9) and  ...
Alan H. Carling, 1991
4
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
In part, the houseworker is technologically unemployed, and like any worker whose job is crumbling away, she has not found it easy to turn to something else. If this statement sounds too strong, consider the basic activities that have moved out ...
5
The Politics of Domestic Consumption: Critical Readings
Wet washing may be around, furniture may be out of place while cleaning is in process, hot meals are unlikely to be cooked 'just' for the houseworker on her own either now or in the past.2 A transformation occurs when the recipients of her  ...
Stevi Jackson, Shaun Moores, 2014
6
Booker T. Washington Rediscovered
The. Story. of. a. Houseworker. BY C. S. ANGSTMAN This page intentionally left blank - h , Tuskegee Inst. firinaries, where good surgical and 'medical attention is provided and nurses are trained. In some instances the institution is owned and ...
Michael Scott Bieze, Marybeth Gasman, 2012
7
Who Supports the Family?: Gender and Breadwinning in ...
Is it very important, somewhat important, or not important? wife/husband worker or professional friend mother/father houseworker daughter/son financial provider for the family 2.4. Now I'd like you to rank order these roles according to how ...
Jean L. Potuchek, 1997
8
Like One of the Family: Conversations from a Domestic's Life
In a little while another houseworker comes down—a white woman. She dumps her clothes on the bench and since my bundle is already in the washer I go over to sit down on the bench and happen to brush against her dirty clothes.... Well sir!
Alice Childress, 2012
9
Female World
"The Honeymoon Is Over, and the Houseworker Gets Hired." Moving Mountains, A Feminist Quarterly, 2, Winter, 1977, 4-5. Wallace, Michele. "Black Macho and the Myth of Superwoman." Ms., Jan. 1979, 45 ff. Walshok, Mary Lindenstein.
Jessie Bernard, 1982
10
Thresholds in Feminist Geography: Difference, Methodology, ...
Time-Use Analysis Dixon-Mueller (1985), using a combination of values in task specialization and the time-use budgets of women in agricultural societies, devised a method by which the percentage of those in the "inactive houseworker"  ...
John Paul Jones, Heidi J. Nast, Susan M. Roberts, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOUSEWORKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term houseworker is used in the context of the following news items.
1
From Boston back to Bluid after 123 years
Mary worked as a houseworker, and her husband as a teamster. 'Mary lived in crowded tenements in Boston at a time when tuberculosis was ... «Southern Star Newspaper, May 15»
2
Hamara Saahas: an initiative by women, for women
Some of them were forced to leave their schools and colleges to assume the 'supposed' role of a muted houseworker,” shares Tammana Bhati. «YourStory.com, Mar 15»
3
The Continuing Story of the 'Greatest Collective Humanitarian …
A former houseworker in Kenya told us that when she was growing up, Christmas was the one day of the year they could eat spaghetti. «National Review Online, Dec 14»
4
Kathryn Bigelow Iraq War Movie Tops National Society Film Critics …
... surprised – 2008 Cesar winner Yolande Moreau for Séraphine, in which she plays Séraphine de Senlis, a houseworker who also happens to be a great artist. «Alt Film Guide, Aug 14»
5
Dads Smarten Up, Apple Gets Sticky: The 5 Best Ads Of The Week
... types, just a well executed spot and a nice counterpoint to CENTURIES of ads that show women as the primary houseworker and care giver. «Co.Create, Jul 14»
6
Erosi Kitsmarishvili found dead
He called the summoning of the ex-officials of security and the houseworker “further political pressure.” Saakashvili may need to find a better ... «vestnik kavkaza, Jul 14»
7
Devyani Khobragade: US was wrong, but India is being immature
Devyani Khobragade treated her houseworker as a wage slave and expected to get away with it. That is ridiculous, as is her lawyer's excuse ... «Firstpost, Dec 13»
8
Isaac Julien's Dreamy Films Light Up Times Square and MoMA
... (The Collector, The Houseworker, The Artist, The Auctioneer, and The Reporter). James Franco plays a sharkish London–based art collector, ... «Architectural Digest, Dec 13»
9
The Mandela legacy: How family of inspirational leader who …
... and was charged with at least 2 counts of murder, her former female houseworker, Kuki Zwane, and 14-year-old activist Stompie Seipei. «Daily Mail, Dec 13»
10
'Servants,' by Lucy Lethbridge
... equality between the girl next door and her employers), “houseworker” (a professionalizing euphemism that never caught on) and “au pair.”. «New York Times, Nov 13»

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