English-Italian translations for housekeeper

• casalinga
• governante

Definition of housekeeper

• Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.
• Someone 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.
• Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.

Examples

• She was their third housekeeper, but after a month or so she also gave up.

Related words

• lighthousekeeper
• priest's housekeeper
• talkative elderly housekeeper