Housekeeperess

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female housekeeper. dated, rare

    "“Miss Mary Anderson has an idea of becoming a London manageress,” says a contemporary. We hoped that when May had made her little pile as an actress, she would make some good man a nice little wifess and settle down as a charming housekeeperess."

Example

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"“Miss Mary Anderson has an idea of becoming a London manageress,” says a contemporary. We hoped that when May had made her little pile as an actress, she would make some good man a nice little wifess and settle down as a charming housekeeperess."

Etymology

From housekeeper + -ess.

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