Dictionary entry

Housekeeper

Webster's Dictionary 1913

House″keep′er (?), n. 1. One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family. Locke.

2. One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs.

3. One who exercises hospitality, or has a plentiful and hospitable household. Sir H. Wotton.

4. One who keeps or stays much at home.

You are manifest housekeeper. Shak.

5. A house dog. Shak.