housekeeper

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc.
2. Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.
3. (archaic, colloquial) Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody.
4. (archaic) Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.

Sinonieme

housewife

maid

steward

matron

mistress

lady

janitor

housemother

quartermaster

saver

saving

servant

superintendant

keep house

housemaker

butler

oeconomus

butter

🧈

chamberlain

chaperone

char

homemaker

housemaid

Vertalings

Haushälterin

governante

huishoudster

οικονόμος

massaia

ménagère

gouvernante

ama de casa

casera

Hausfrau

governanta

dona de casa

casalinga

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈhaʊskipɚ/

Etimologie (Engels)

From house + keeper.