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housekeeper

[hous-kee-per] / ˈhaʊsˌki pər /


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And Madame Garnier, a housekeeper at the German-run maternity home, is working for the Resistance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Whereas Brontë writes Nelly as a largely passive narrator, Fennell abandons the frame narrative structure altogether and instead fashions the housekeeper into a complex character with significant control over Cathy’s life.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

Jurors were told she lived some of the time in the UK where she was provided with a housekeeper, nanny, gardener and window cleaner.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

Maybe the housekeeper, a plant of the obsessed doctor’s, did it?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

As soon as we walked inside, her housekeeper, Hélène, started fluttering around us.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller