as in maids
a female domestic servant
they hired a housekeeper to help their aging parents live at home
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Recent Examples of housekeepers
Roughly 30% of Gautam’s hotel staff in Florida are Haitians who are TPS holders, working as housekeepers, landscapers, supervisors and in other positions.
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Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
The housekeepers greet me with genuine care, the bartenders create cocktails with panache and smiles, and the doormen and women jauntily pose for pictures in their thick Batman-style winter cloaks.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Within the same month the lawsuit was filed, Robinson filed a $500 million countersuit accusing the former housekeepers of defamation, false light, financial elder abuse, conversion, and invasion of privacy.
—Julie Sharp, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
The new rules also force opt-out owners to pay extra for sheets and towels and hire their own housekeepers, who are not allowed to work on weekends.
—Larry Seward, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
Fifty Four Seasons housekeepers, chefs, and other staff, who otherwise would have been unemployed, occupied a separate part of the hotel.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Roughly 82% of the Bay Area’s maids and housekeepers are immigrants, and close to 40% of the total are undocumented.
—Sara Dinatale, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
The union represents about 1,700 workers at Northwestern Memorial, including dietary workers, housekeepers and patient care technicians, among others.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Mackinac Island's tourist season is mainly from May through October, and the island needs about 5,000 seasonal workers each year to work as baristas, front desk attendants, wait staff, retail clerks and housekeepers.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
The housekeepers greet me with genuine care, the bartenders create cocktails with panache and smiles, and the doormen and women jauntily pose for pictures in their thick Batman-style winter cloaks.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Within the same month the lawsuit was filed, Robinson filed a $500 million countersuit accusing the former housekeepers of defamation, false light, financial elder abuse, conversion, and invasion of privacy.
—Julie Sharp, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
The new rules also force opt-out owners to pay extra for sheets and towels and hire their own housekeepers, who are not allowed to work on weekends.
—Larry Seward, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
Fifty Four Seasons housekeepers, chefs, and other staff, who otherwise would have been unemployed, occupied a separate part of the hotel.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Roughly 82% of the Bay Area’s maids and housekeepers are immigrants, and close to 40% of the total are undocumented.
—Sara Dinatale, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
The union represents about 1,700 workers at Northwestern Memorial, including dietary workers, housekeepers and patient care technicians, among others.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Mackinac Island's tourist season is mainly from May through October, and the island needs about 5,000 seasonal workers each year to work as baristas, front desk attendants, wait staff, retail clerks and housekeepers.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for housekeepers
maids
Noun
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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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Doris and Ann, the family’s longtime upstairs-downstairs maids, were there too.—
Jennifer Cannon,
Vanity Fair,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Housekeepers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housekeepers. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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