as in maid
a female domestic servant
they hired a housekeeper to help their aging parents live at home
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Recent Examples of housekeeper
The former housekeeper for Jenner further claims that she was mocked for her accent and degraded.
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Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Kylie Jenner is named in a new lawsuit from her former live-in housekeeper, who claims other staffers at the reality star’s home subjected her to religious and racial discrimination, as well as bullying, and that Jenner failed to act in her defense.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
The singer was found dead in his bathtub by a housekeeper.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2026
The housekeeper was the only person home at the time of the incident.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
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Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Kylie Jenner is named in a new lawsuit from her former live-in housekeeper, who claims other staffers at the reality star’s home subjected her to religious and racial discrimination, as well as bullying, and that Jenner failed to act in her defense.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
The singer was found dead in his bathtub by a housekeeper.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2026
The housekeeper was the only person home at the time of the incident.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for housekeeper
maid
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The ladies Carnarvon, their daughters, and their guests—not to mention the governesses, maids, and cooks?—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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With the husbands off for a golf outing, Julia and Jane (well attended to by Chimo’s martini-mixing maid Saunders) get decked out in their evening finest and wait impatiently at Julia’s luxe apartment (Jane lives upstairs) for the mystery man Maurice to arrive.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Housekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housekeeper. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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