housekeepern.

Brit.

/ˈhaʊsˌkiːpə/, U.S.

/ˈhaʊsˌkipər/

Forms: see house n.¹ and int. and keeper n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: house n.¹, keeper n.

Etymology: < house n.¹ + keeper n. Compare earlier householder n. and the Germanic parallels cited at that entry.

1. A person who owns or occupies a house or other place of residence, typically considered as having overall responsibility for the general care of the members of the household; spec. †one who has entitlement to the franchise by virtue of such ownership or occupancy; = householder n. 2 (obsolete). Now rare (chiefly U.S. in later use).Also figurative with reference to God conceived of as the head of a spiritual household; = householder n. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > householder

housefastc1275

housekeepera1425

householder1434

potwaller1701

pot-wobblera1712

potwalloper1744

compound householder1851

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > inhabitant of house > householder

housekeepera1425

householder1434

a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 23 Edilis, an hous keper.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 251 Howskepare, edituus, editua.

1536 Stapleton in J. Gairdner Lett. & Papers Reign Henry VIII (1890) (modernized text) XII. 189 At the request of honest men, he, being a house-keeper, was suffered to go unpunished.

1550 R. Sherry tr. J. Brenz Verye Fruitful Expos. Syxte Chapter St. John sig. D.ii^v (margin) God is the housekeper, and careth for his housholde.

1559 W. Bavand tr. J. Ferrarius Common Weale f. 56^v An housekeper must well see to his house, bring vp his children and familie in Godlines, and gouerne them in decent order.

1605 London Prodigall i. ii She hath refused seven of the worshipfull'st And worthiest housekeepers this day in Kent.

1639 Acts 19 Mar. in W. H. Browne Arch. Maryland (1883) I. 57 Every house keeper of the said Island shall contribute to the expence of the said Voyage.

1685 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 329 None but housekeepers shall sitt in the seate on y^e north side..and..none but the wives and widdows of housekeepers..'twixt the baylives wives and y^e font.

a1711 R. Atkyns Anc. & Present State Glostershire (1712) 347/2 All Housekeepers in general had Votes, whereas before, only the free Burghers were Electors.

1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 128 A handsome street, inhabited..by private housekeepers.

1829 C. Lamb Let. 8 Dec. (1935) III. 238 It is not easy..to give up an ancient establishment..and from house keepers to turn house-sharers.

1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) ii. 21 A piece of ground will be given to every housekeeper in return for his right of common.

1848 in J. T. Bunce Old St. Martin's, B'ham (1875) 35 Easter dues..4d. for each single person above the age of 16, and 2d. from each housekeeper.

1870 Quiver 16 July 652/1 The great Housekeeper of the world, who thus waters his flowers and feeds his fowls, assuredly will not neglect his own children.

1918 Southwestern Reporter 203 817/2 As owner and occupant he was, prima facie at least, in control of all the activities of his own household. It was his home, and..he was the housekeeper.

1950 Harvard Law Rev. 63 1293 Several states use the troublesome terms ‘householder’ and ‘housekeeper’ in describing permissible claimants... The Missouri and Virginia courts have held the designations to be synonymous.

a. A person, traditionally a woman, who is employed to manage the running of a household, typically (in former times) being in charge of the female servants. Also: a person who manages or oversees the domestic tasks in a hotel, institution, etc.; a person who performs the domestic tasks in a household, hotel, institution, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > housekeeper

housekeeper1528

governante1667

gouvernante1730

1528–9 Roll of Provisions in S. Pegge Forme of Cury (1780) 185 (modernized text) Item, for the Judges and Clerks of the Assize..and for their Housekeeper's meat.

?1668 Lady Lyttelton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. (Camden) 54 I want..a house keeper that can preserve and still well.

1692 T. Southerne Wives Excuse i. i. 1 Starve under the tyranny of a House-keeper, and never know the comfort of Board-wages again.

1727 J. Swift Stella's Birth-day: 1724 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. iii. 160 Merry Folks..Call the Old Housekeeper, and get her To fill a Place.

1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. vi. 226 Mistresses that leave all to housekeepers and other servants.

1844 M. F. Tupper Crock of Gold xxiii. 187 The housekeeper had power to push her nephew on to pageship, footmanship—to the final post of butler.

1873 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 10 May 2/3 (advt.) Situation wanted by a middle-aged woman, as housekeeper in a hotel or rooming house.

1913 E. Ferber Roast Beef Medium ii. 32 I don't get chummy with the housekeeper and the dining-room girls half an hour after I move in.

1962 E. S. Turner What Butler Saw x. 118 The housekeeper had her own well-furnished room... In this.., the upper servants..joined the housekeeper for breakfast, tea and supper.

1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 18 Mar. c1 I have a full-time housekeeper who cooks, cleans and looks after my daughter..after school.

2001 Observer 18 Mar. (Britain Uncovered Suppl.) 50/3 An agency supplying butlers, housekeepers and chauffeurs to the very rich.

2010 A. Goodman Cookbook Collector 268 She saw only the housekeeper cleaning the already-clean rooms, rubbing the glowing wood furniture.

b. A person, traditionally the female head of a household, who manages the running of a household. Frequently with modifying word, as bad, good, etc. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator > of a household > woman

housewifec1225

housekeepera1616

hausfrau1798

homebuilder1855

homemaker1861

home keeper1875

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. iii. 54 How do you both? You are manifest house-keepers. What are you sowing [sewing] heere?

1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iv. vii. 241 A carefull House-keeper was represented by such Figures, as..in the following Epigram:..‘that Bird of Night Shews how I us'd to spin by Candle-light;’ [etc.].

1750 W. Ellis Country Housewife's Family Compan. 243 This [sc. elder syrup] far exceeds the Wine in Virtue..and it is what no good Housekeeper should be without.

1793 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 164/1 O my son! to bless thy future life, Join with care the housekeeper and wife.

1859 C. Dickens Let. 1 Feb. (1997) IX. 21 My eldest daughter is a capital housekeeper.

1899 Good Housek. Feb. 72/2 She was denounced as a bad housekeeper, and lightly considered by her sex in her neighbourhood.

1907 ‘N. Blanchan’ Birds Every Child should Know v. 69 Dame Nature, the most thorough of housekeepers, gave to the birds the task of restraining insects within bounds.

1935 Lady Hope Simpson Let. 24 July in P. Neary White Tie & Decorations (1997) 196 He does everything for her [sc. his blind crippled wife] and the house... He is a good housekeeper & nurse.

1971 J. Cheever Jrnls. (1991) 275 He had..written a long indictment of her—as a wife, a mother, a housekeeper, and a woman.

2001 B. Ehrenreich Nickel & Dimed (2002) ii. 75 I was taught to clean by my mother, a compulsive housekeeper who employed water..in..Niagara-like quantities.

3. With modifying word. A person who provides in a specified manner for visitors or guests (see house n.¹ and int. Phrases 4b(c)); a hospitable person; a host. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > hospitality > hospitable person > [noun]

vianderc1330

meat giverc1400

housekeeper1538

franklin1577

1538 H. Latimer Let. 13 Dec. in Serm. & Remains (1845) (modernized text) II. 411 The man is old, a good housekeeper, feedeth many, and that daily.

1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 137/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Bountifull & liberall..a great housekeeper, and of great hospitalitie.

1616 T. Gainsford Rich Cabinet f. 54 Hee..can readily recount, what a royall house-keeper his great grandfather was in euery particular.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Chesh. 183 A bountifull House-keeper.

1785 Ann. Reg. 1783 Antiq. 120/1 He was a great housekeeper, and entertainer of strangers, especially such as passed to or from Ireland.

1825 J. P. Thomas My Thought Bk. 372 How disagreeable it is to a generous housekeeper, to thank him always for his ‘hospitality’, on leaving his house.

1906 Gentleman's Mag. 301 636 Mrs. Moxon's ideas of frugality would now appal the most lavish housekeeper.

4. A person in general charge of a house, building, business, etc. Also: a caretaker.In quot. 1614: a woman in charge of a dairy or milking shed.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator > of a house, office, or place of business

housekeeper1578

1578 W. B. tr. Appian of Alexandria Aunc. Hist. Romanes Warres iv. 242 He came to his house that was solde, and onely his housekeeper, (who was sold with the house) knew him.

1614 J. Brinsley tr. M. Cordier Dialogues lxv. 88 We haue also a hous-keeper, and men seruants, and girles.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 6 The day following came to court the housekeeper of Poggio.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xv. 191 Nonsuch, another of her houses, of which the noble earl of Arundel seems to be now house~keeper.

1769 J. Ellis in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 78 Mr. Robertson, housekeeper to the Royal Society.

1788 Edinb. Mag. Aug. 116/2 Laurence Dundas, housekeeper of Excise, agreed with the preceding witness.

1842 E. J. Knox Let. 1 Apr. in W. Blake Mem. Vanished Generation (1909) vi. 169 Sir William..has given him the situation of Housekeeper to the House of Commons which is worth £500 a year.

1922 A. L. Church Training of Secretary vi. 51 In corporations the secretary usually has charge of the physical condition of the building... He is the housekeeper whose business it is to see that the property is maintained in good order.

2009 Jrnl. Rec. (Oklahoma City) (Nexis) 12 June Edmond Medical Center..Leroy Whitmire housekeeper in environmental services.

†5. A dog kept to guard a house or property; a watchdog. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > guard dog

porter?a1425

wap1464

dog keeper1576

mooner1576

warner1576

house dog1577

mâtin1579

defender1607

housekeeper1607

watchdoga1616

moondog1668

yard-dog1795

guard dog1796

big dog1833

tenter1844

junkyard dog1936

prowl dog1974

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > watch-dog or guard dog

tie-dogc1290

porter?a1425

bandogc1425

house dog1577

mâtin1579

housekeeper1607

watchdoga1616

watch-mastiff1778

yard-dog1795

guard dog1796

big dog1833

prowl dog1974

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 160 Of the village dogge or house-keeper..barking bigly, that so he may the more terrifie the Theefe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. i. 98 The valued file Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle, The House-keeper, the Hunter.

6. colloquial. A person who keeps to the house or who does not venture far from home (cf. to keep one's (or the) house at house n.¹ and int. Phrases 4b(d)); an unadventurous person. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > attachment to home life > person

house dove1579

houseling1598

house bird1601

home-sittera1657

housekeepera1741

Sunday man1769

homester1819

homebird1821

homebody1821

stay-at-home1836

homeboy1847

homegirl1847

stay-putter1927

a1741 C. Fiennes Through Eng. on Side Saddle (1888) 75 They..scarce ever go 2 or 10 mile from thence especially the women, so may be termed good housekeepers.

1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 164 And I, that was no Housekeeper, became an Ubiquitarian till his Lordship's Death.

1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 12 June (1939) 184 Grief makes me a house-keeper, and to labour is my only resource.

1832 W. Fox Let. 30 June in C. Darwin Corr. (1985) I. 246 You who abound in novelty must not censure we plain housekeepers for having nothing to communicate.

1915 J. Buchan Salute to Adventurers x. 142 I do assure you he is no house-keeper. I have seen him in desperate conflict with savage men, and even with His Majesty's redcoats.

Derivatives

(In sense 2.)

ˈhousekeeper-like adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [adjective] > of or relating to manager > skilled in household management > of woman

housewifely1528

housekeeper-like1831

housewifish1835

housekeeperly1854

1831 tr. É.-L. de la Mothe-Langon Mem. Mme du Barri IV. xi. 90 A sort of housekeeper-like person took charge of Geneviève.

1973 K. Giles File on Death ii. 42 He locked the door... He had a housekeeper-like key chain attached to the top button of his fly.

ˈhouseˌkeeperly adj. like or characteristic of a housekeeper.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [adjective] > of or relating to manager > skilled in household management > of woman

housewifely1528

housekeeper-like1831

housewifish1835

housekeeperly1854

1854 T. L. Nichols & M. S. G. Nichols Marriage i. xi. 97 The amount of education that makes a meek, subservient, housekeeperly wife, is just what our female schools endeavor to give.

1883 W. D. Howells Woman's Reason (new ed.) I. iii. 60 Marian..turned to her mother with an air of housekeeperly pre-occupation to ask something about the lunch.

1997 C. Dodd Well Pleasured lady ii. 26 Mary's fingers itched to pick up his apparel and hang it on a hook, but she subdued her housekeeperly instincts.

ˈhouseˌkeepership n. now rare the state, condition, or position of being a housekeeper.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator > of a household > woman > position of

housekeepership1816

1816 L. Fitz-Aubyn Lavinia Fitz-Aubyn IV. 180 I have dismissed Miss Benson and Mr. Tompkins from their several posts. The former, in the course of her housekeepership, having amassed a very considerable sum [etc.].

1896 Daily News 2 May 7/2 Her grandson..wrote to contradict the story of the housekeepership.

1919 E. Ferber in Syracuse Herald 17 Aug. 2/1 Eleven years of hotel housekeepership guarantees a knowledge of human nature.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	housekeeper
释义	housekeepern. Brit. /ˈhaʊsˌkiːpə/, U.S. /ˈhaʊsˌkipər/ Forms: see house n.¹ and int. and keeper n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: house n.¹, keeper n. Etymology: < house n.¹ + keeper n. Compare earlier householder n. and the Germanic parallels cited at that entry. 1. A person who owns or occupies a house or other place of residence, typically considered as having overall responsibility for the general care of the members of the household; spec. †one who has entitlement to the franchise by virtue of such ownership or occupancy; = householder n. 2 (obsolete). Now rare (chiefly U.S. in later use).Also figurative with reference to God conceived of as the head of a spiritual household; = householder n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > householder housefastc1275 housekeepera1425 householder1434 potwaller1701 pot-wobblera1712 potwalloper1744 compound householder1851 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > inhabitant of house > householder housekeepera1425 householder1434 a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 23 Edilis, an hous keper. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 251 Howskepare, edituus, editua. 1536 Stapleton in J. Gairdner Lett. & Papers Reign Henry VIII (1890) (modernized text) XII. 189 At the request of honest men, he, being a house-keeper, was suffered to go unpunished. 1550 R. Sherry tr. J. Brenz Verye Fruitful Expos. Syxte Chapter St. John sig. D.ii^v (margin) God is the housekeper, and careth for his housholde. 1559 W. Bavand tr. J. Ferrarius Common Weale f. 56^v An housekeper must well see to his house, bring vp his children and familie in Godlines, and gouerne them in decent order. 1605 London Prodigall i. ii She hath refused seven of the worshipfull'st And worthiest housekeepers this day in Kent. 1639 Acts 19 Mar. in W. H. Browne Arch. Maryland (1883) I. 57 Every house keeper of the said Island shall contribute to the expence of the said Voyage. 1685 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 329 None but housekeepers shall sitt in the seate on y^e north side..and..none but the wives and widdows of housekeepers..'twixt the baylives wives and y^e font. a1711 R. Atkyns Anc. & Present State Glostershire (1712) 347/2 All Housekeepers in general had Votes, whereas before, only the free Burghers were Electors. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 128 A handsome street, inhabited..by private housekeepers. 1829 C. Lamb Let. 8 Dec. (1935) III. 238 It is not easy..to give up an ancient establishment..and from house keepers to turn house-sharers. 1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) ii. 21 A piece of ground will be given to every housekeeper in return for his right of common. 1848 in J. T. Bunce Old St. Martin's, B'ham (1875) 35 Easter dues..4d. for each single person above the age of 16, and 2d. from each housekeeper. 1870 Quiver 16 July 652/1 The great Housekeeper of the world, who thus waters his flowers and feeds his fowls, assuredly will not neglect his own children. 1918 Southwestern Reporter 203 817/2 As owner and occupant he was, prima facie at least, in control of all the activities of his own household. It was his home, and..he was the housekeeper. 1950 Harvard Law Rev. 63 1293 Several states use the troublesome terms ‘householder’ and ‘housekeeper’ in describing permissible claimants... The Missouri and Virginia courts have held the designations to be synonymous. 2. a. A person, traditionally a woman, who is employed to manage the running of a household, typically (in former times) being in charge of the female servants. Also: a person who manages or oversees the domestic tasks in a hotel, institution, etc.; a person who performs the domestic tasks in a household, hotel, institution, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > housekeeper housekeeper1528 governante1667 gouvernante1730 1528–9 Roll of Provisions in S. Pegge Forme of Cury (1780) 185 (modernized text) Item, for the Judges and Clerks of the Assize..and for their Housekeeper's meat. ?1668 Lady Lyttelton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. (Camden) 54 I want..a house keeper that can preserve and still well. 1692 T. Southerne Wives Excuse i. i. 1 Starve under the tyranny of a House-keeper, and never know the comfort of Board-wages again. 1727 J. Swift Stella's Birth-day: 1724 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. iii. 160 Merry Folks..Call the Old Housekeeper, and get her To fill a Place. 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. vi. 226 Mistresses that leave all to housekeepers and other servants. 1844 M. F. Tupper Crock of Gold xxiii. 187 The housekeeper had power to push her nephew on to pageship, footmanship—to the final post of butler. 1873 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 10 May 2/3 (advt.) Situation wanted by a middle-aged woman, as housekeeper in a hotel or rooming house. 1913 E. Ferber Roast Beef Medium ii. 32 I don't get chummy with the housekeeper and the dining-room girls half an hour after I move in. 1962 E. S. Turner What Butler Saw x. 118 The housekeeper had her own well-furnished room... In this.., the upper servants..joined the housekeeper for breakfast, tea and supper. 1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 18 Mar. c1 I have a full-time housekeeper who cooks, cleans and looks after my daughter..after school. 2001 Observer 18 Mar. (Britain Uncovered Suppl.) 50/3 An agency supplying butlers, housekeepers and chauffeurs to the very rich. 2010 A. Goodman Cookbook Collector 268 She saw only the housekeeper cleaning the already-clean rooms, rubbing the glowing wood furniture. b. A person, traditionally the female head of a household, who manages the running of a household. Frequently with modifying word, as bad, good, etc. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator > of a household > woman housewifec1225 housekeepera1616 hausfrau1798 homebuilder1855 homemaker1861 home keeper1875 a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. iii. 54 How do you both? You are manifest house-keepers. What are you sowing [sewing] heere? View more context for this quotation 1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iv. vii. 241 A carefull House-keeper was represented by such Figures, as..in the following Epigram:..‘that Bird of Night Shews how I us'd to spin by Candle-light;’ [etc.]. 1750 W. Ellis Country Housewife's Family Compan. 243 This [sc. elder syrup] far exceeds the Wine in Virtue..and it is what no good Housekeeper should be without. 1793 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 164/1 O my son! to bless thy future life, Join with care the housekeeper and wife. 1859 C. Dickens Let. 1 Feb. (1997) IX. 21 My eldest daughter is a capital housekeeper. 1899 Good Housek. Feb. 72/2 She was denounced as a bad housekeeper, and lightly considered by her sex in her neighbourhood. 1907 ‘N. Blanchan’ Birds Every Child should Know v. 69 Dame Nature, the most thorough of housekeepers, gave to the birds the task of restraining insects within bounds. 1935 Lady Hope Simpson Let. 24 July in P. Neary White Tie & Decorations (1997) 196 He does everything for her [sc. his blind crippled wife] and the house... He is a good housekeeper & nurse. 1971 J. Cheever Jrnls. (1991) 275 He had..written a long indictment of her—as a wife, a mother, a housekeeper, and a woman. 2001 B. Ehrenreich Nickel & Dimed (2002) ii. 75 I was taught to clean by my mother, a compulsive housekeeper who employed water..in..Niagara-like quantities. 3. With modifying word. A person who provides in a specified manner for visitors or guests (see house n.¹ and int. Phrases 4b(c)); a hospitable person; a host. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > hospitable person > [noun] vianderc1330 meat giverc1400 housekeeper1538 franklin1577 1538 H. Latimer Let. 13 Dec. in Serm. & Remains (1845) (modernized text) II. 411 The man is old, a good housekeeper, feedeth many, and that daily. 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 137/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Bountifull & liberall..a great housekeeper, and of great hospitalitie. 1616 T. Gainsford Rich Cabinet f. 54 Hee..can readily recount, what a royall house-keeper his great grandfather was in euery particular. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Chesh. 183 A bountifull House-keeper. 1785 Ann. Reg. 1783 Antiq. 120/1 He was a great housekeeper, and entertainer of strangers, especially such as passed to or from Ireland. 1825 J. P. Thomas My Thought Bk. 372 How disagreeable it is to a generous housekeeper, to thank him always for his ‘hospitality’, on leaving his house. 1906 Gentleman's Mag. 301 636 Mrs. Moxon's ideas of frugality would now appal the most lavish housekeeper. 4. A person in general charge of a house, building, business, etc. Also: a caretaker.In quot. 1614: a woman in charge of a dairy or milking shed. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator > of a house, office, or place of business housekeeper1578 1578 W. B. tr. Appian of Alexandria Aunc. Hist. Romanes Warres iv. 242 He came to his house that was solde, and onely his housekeeper, (who was sold with the house) knew him. 1614 J. Brinsley tr. M. Cordier Dialogues lxv. 88 We haue also a hous-keeper, and men seruants, and girles. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 6 The day following came to court the housekeeper of Poggio. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xv. 191 Nonsuch, another of her houses, of which the noble earl of Arundel seems to be now house~keeper. 1769 J. Ellis in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 78 Mr. Robertson, housekeeper to the Royal Society. 1788 Edinb. Mag. Aug. 116/2 Laurence Dundas, housekeeper of Excise, agreed with the preceding witness. 1842 E. J. Knox Let. 1 Apr. in W. Blake Mem. Vanished Generation (1909) vi. 169 Sir William..has given him the situation of Housekeeper to the House of Commons which is worth £500 a year. 1922 A. L. Church Training of Secretary vi. 51 In corporations the secretary usually has charge of the physical condition of the building... He is the housekeeper whose business it is to see that the property is maintained in good order. 2009 Jrnl. Rec. (Oklahoma City) (Nexis) 12 June Edmond Medical Center..Leroy Whitmire housekeeper in environmental services. †5. A dog kept to guard a house or property; a watchdog. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > guard dog porter?a1425 wap1464 dog keeper1576 mooner1576 warner1576 house dog1577 mâtin1579 defender1607 housekeeper1607 watchdoga1616 moondog1668 yard-dog1795 guard dog1796 big dog1833 tenter1844 junkyard dog1936 prowl dog1974 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > watch-dog or guard dog tie-dogc1290 porter?a1425 bandogc1425 house dog1577 mâtin1579 housekeeper1607 watchdoga1616 watch-mastiff1778 yard-dog1795 guard dog1796 big dog1833 prowl dog1974 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 160 Of the village dogge or house-keeper..barking bigly, that so he may the more terrifie the Theefe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. i. 98 The valued file Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle, The House-keeper, the Hunter. View more context for this quotation 6. colloquial. A person who keeps to the house or who does not venture far from home (cf. to keep one's (or the) house at house n.¹ and int. Phrases 4b(d)); an unadventurous person. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > attachment to home life > person house dove1579 houseling1598 house bird1601 home-sittera1657 housekeepera1741 Sunday man1769 homester1819 homebird1821 homebody1821 stay-at-home1836 homeboy1847 homegirl1847 stay-putter1927 a1741 C. Fiennes Through Eng. on Side Saddle (1888) 75 They..scarce ever go 2 or 10 mile from thence especially the women, so may be termed good housekeepers. 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 164 And I, that was no Housekeeper, became an Ubiquitarian till his Lordship's Death. 1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 12 June (1939) 184 Grief makes me a house-keeper, and to labour is my only resource. 1832 W. Fox Let. 30 June in C. Darwin Corr. (1985) I. 246 You who abound in novelty must not censure we plain housekeepers for having nothing to communicate. 1915 J. Buchan Salute to Adventurers x. 142 I do assure you he is no house-keeper. I have seen him in desperate conflict with savage men, and even with His Majesty's redcoats. Derivatives (In sense 2.) ˈhousekeeper-like adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [adjective] > of or relating to manager > skilled in household management > of woman housewifely1528 housekeeper-like1831 housewifish1835 housekeeperly1854 1831 tr. É.-L. de la Mothe-Langon Mem. Mme du Barri IV. xi. 90 A sort of housekeeper-like person took charge of Geneviève. 1973 K. Giles File on Death ii. 42 He locked the door... He had a housekeeper-like key chain attached to the top button of his fly. ˈhouseˌkeeperly adj. like or characteristic of a housekeeper. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [adjective] > of or relating to manager > skilled in household management > of woman housewifely1528 housekeeper-like1831 housewifish1835 housekeeperly1854 1854 T. L. Nichols & M. S. G. Nichols Marriage i. xi. 97 The amount of education that makes a meek, subservient, housekeeperly wife, is just what our female schools endeavor to give. 1883 W. D. Howells Woman's Reason (new ed.) I. iii. 60 Marian..turned to her mother with an air of housekeeperly pre-occupation to ask something about the lunch. 1997 C. Dodd Well Pleasured lady ii. 26 Mary's fingers itched to pick up his apparel and hang it on a hook, but she subdued her housekeeperly instincts. ˈhouseˌkeepership n. now rare the state, condition, or position of being a housekeeper. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator > of a household > woman > position of housekeepership1816 1816 L. Fitz-Aubyn Lavinia Fitz-Aubyn IV. 180 I have dismissed Miss Benson and Mr. Tompkins from their several posts. The former, in the course of her housekeepership, having amassed a very considerable sum [etc.]. 1896 Daily News 2 May 7/2 Her grandson..wrote to contradict the story of the housekeepership. 1919 E. Ferber in Syracuse Herald 17 Aug. 2/1 Eleven years of hotel housekeepership guarantees a knowledge of human nature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425
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