What does "housekeep" mean?

The person in charge of a house; a housekeeper or innkeeper.

Housekeep

Common synonyms include: clean, data cleaning, data cleansing, keep house, record maintenance, records management.

noun, verb

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Noun

1
The person in charge of a house; a housekeeper or innkeeper. archaic
"The housekeep was back rather quickly with a tray, which held a flagon of ale and a pewter cup as well as bread and cheese."

Verb

1
To carry out the domestic duties of housekeeping. intransitive
"I would go to school, and practise, and housekeep, and club; all in their proper proportions⁠——"
2
maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household wordnet
3
To perform the general tasks of housekeeping. ambitransitive
"The clock burst which enables the supervisor to housekeep the console input and output and to change program status is currently set to 200 ms."

"I would go to school, and practise, and housekeep, and club; all in their proper proportions⁠——"

Back-formation from housekeeping.