See housekeeper on Wiktionary
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"text": "She was their third housekeeper, but after a month or so she also gave up.",
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"ref": "1946, William Hatfield, Buffalo Jim, Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege, page 70:",
"text": "The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage.",
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"ref": "1987 December 13, Elizabeth Pincus, “Copping To The Mop Scandal”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 22, page 1:",
"text": "When management of the toney Copley Plaza Hotel ordered housekeepers recently to put down their mops and hand wash the floors, a furor arose among the hotel cleaning staff. Local union representatives and others concerned with issues affecting women workers also rallied in anger to protest the directive, which in essence forced housekeepers to scrub on their hands and knees.",
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"word": "家政婦"
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"word": "가정부"
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"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
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"word": "femeie în casă"
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"word": "casnică"
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"word": "домрабо́тница"
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"ref": "1987 December 13, Elizabeth Pincus, “Copping To The Mop Scandal”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 22, page 1:",
"text": "When management of the toney Copley Plaza Hotel ordered housekeepers recently to put down their mops and hand wash the floors, a furor arose among the hotel cleaning staff. Local union representatives and others concerned with issues affecting women workers also rallied in anger to protest the directive, which in essence forced housekeepers to scrub on their hands and knees.",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ikonomka",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "икономка"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"word": "casera"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "any gender",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fángwū guǎnlǐrén",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"word": "房屋管理人"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"word": "emäntä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"word": "emännöitsijä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"word": "taloudenhoitaja"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"word": "gouvernante"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ama"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"word": "Haushälterin"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oikonómos",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "οικονόμος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"word": "házvezetőnő"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"word": "domo-guvernisto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"word": "governante"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ekonómka",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "еконо́мка"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pomoc domowa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gosposia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "governanta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ekonómka",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "эконо́мка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "domopravítelʹnica",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "домоправи́тельница"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ama de llaves"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gobernanta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ama de gobierno"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
"word": "idareci"
},
{
"alt": "mudabbara(t) al-manzal",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مُدَبَّرَة الْمَنْزَل"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "domakinja",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "домакиня"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"word": "casera"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nǚguǎnjiā",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"word": "女管家"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "any gender",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guǎnjiā",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"word": "管家"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hospodyně"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "huishoudster"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"word": "emäntä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"word": "ménagère"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "as wife",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hausfrau"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "hired",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Haushälterin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "hired",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Haushälter"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oikonómos",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "οικονόμος"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "noikokyrá",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "νοικοκυρά"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "oikourós",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "οἰκουρός"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"word": "menajisto"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bean tí"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tíosach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"word": "casalinga"
},
{
"alt": "かせいふ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaseifu",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"word": "家政婦"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hausukīpā",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"word": "ハウスキーパー"
},
{
"alt": "家政婦",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gajeongbu",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"word": "가정부"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "domáḱinka",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дома́ќинка"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"word": "dona de casa"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "menajeră"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "femeie în casă"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "casnică"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "domrabótnica",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "домрабо́тница"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ekonómka",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "эконо́мка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ama de llaves"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gobernanta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ama de gobierno"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"word": "ev hanımı"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
"word": "bà quản gia"
}
],
"word": "housekeeper"
}
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