"houseperson" meaning in English

See houseperson in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: housepersons [plural], housepeople [plural]
Etymology: house + person Etymology templates: {{compound|en|house|person}} house + person Head templates: {{en-noun|s|housepeople}} houseperson (plural housepersons or housepeople)
  1. A househusband or housewife. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-houseperson-en-noun-WEc4RCDG Disambiguation of People: 47 53
  2. A domestic servant. Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-houseperson-en-noun--3CQX-v8 Disambiguation of Occupations: 23 77 Disambiguation of People: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -person Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -person: 23 77

Inflected forms

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