housekeeper

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: house=keep=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

housekeeper, n. 

•  One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family.  Locke.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  One who exercises hospitality, or has a plentiful and hospitable household.  Sir H. Wotton.  [1913 Webster]
•  One who keeps or stays much at home.  [1913 Webster]

  "You are manifest housekeeper."  [1913 Webster]
•  A house dog.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

housekeeper, n.
1 a person, esp. a woman, employed to manage a household.
2 a person in charge of a house, office, etc.

THESAURUS

housekeeper

MC, attorney, bailiff, butler, chamberlain, croupier, curator, custodian, emcee, factor, guardian, house steward, landreeve, librarian, majordomo, master of ceremonies, proctor, procurator, seneschal, steward

ROGET THESAURUS

housekeeper

Director

N director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller, superintendent, supervisor, straw boss, intendant, overseer, overlooker, supercargo, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile, moderator, monitor, taskmaster, master, leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman, precentor, bellwether, agitator, caporal, choregus, collector, file leader, flugelman, linkboy, guiding star, adviser, guide, pilot, helmsman, steersman, steermate, wire-puller, driver, whip, Jehu, charioteer, coachman, carman, cabman, postilion, vetturino, muleteer, arriero, teamster, whipper in, head, head man, head center, boss, principal, president, speaker, chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, captain, superior, mayor, vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch, officer, functionary, minister, official, red-tapist, bureaucrat, man in office, Jack in office, office bearer, person in authority, statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician, statist, statemonger, Minos, Draco, arbiter, boss, political dictator, board, secretary, secretary of state, Reis Effendi, vicar, steward, factor, agent, bailiff, middleman, foreman, clerk of works, landreeve, factotum, major-domo, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier, proctor, procurator, ex officio.