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The primary income-earner in a household.
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The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services.
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A woman in charge of housekeeping and the supervision of campers at a summer camp.
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The work of a chambermaid.
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(chiefly historical) A house inhabited or operated by deaconesses, providing basic medical attention, care for the poor and sick etc.
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(Canada, US) A woman who no longer has a reliable source of income from her husband, as a result of divorce, widowhood, disability, etc.
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A person employed in a household.
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Obsolete spelling of domestic [A maid or household servant.]
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(colloquial, now historical) A general servant; a maid with no specific duties.
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(Singapore) A person who does cleaning and cooking in a family home, or in a market; domestic employee.
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Alternative form of househusband [A man who tends to his home as a housekeeper or homemaker; the male equivalent of a housewife.]
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Alternative form of housemaid [A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid.]
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A person employed to look after a home; a housekeeper.
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A servant employed to perform household tasks.
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A man who tends to his home as a housekeeper or homemaker; the male equivalent of a housewife.
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(archaic or fantasy) The person in charge of a house; a housekeeper or innkeeper.
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(now rare) Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.
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A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid.
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(chiefly UK) A medical graduate gaining practical experience in a hospital; a house officer.
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A woman employed in a residence for young people, to look after them.
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(transitive, especially of women) To manage with skill and economy.
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One who does the housework; a homemaker.
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Alternative spelling of pushing school [(archaic, slang) A brothel.]
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(Oxford University, modern) A housekeeper or domestic cleaner, generally female, employed by one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University to clean rooms; generally equivalent to a modern bedder at Cambridge University.
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One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
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(now historical) A between-maid, or maidservant who helps the cook as well as the housemaid.
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