Housekeeper: alternatives and connections

The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master.

Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at th…

A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of th…

The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school.

Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the…

An English freeholder, or substantial householder.

A husband; the master of a house or family; -- often used in speaking familiarly.

The mistress of a house.

One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; esp., the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one'…

To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to ho…

a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house…

The master or head of a family; one who occupies a house with his family.

The state of occupying a dwelling house as a householder.

The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.

The business of the mistress of a family; female management of domestic concerns.

One who lives in the same house or apartment with another; a fellow lodger; esp.,one of the occupants of an asylum, hospital, or priso…

A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.

The mistress of an inn or lodging house.