houseworker

[ hous-wur-ker ]

noun

1. a paid employee in a home, as a maid or cook.

Word History and Origins

Origin of houseworker¹

house + worker

Example Sentences

His father was a sign-painter, and his mother was a domestic houseworker.

From Washington Post

“Pretty good general houseworker, eh?” and the dignified professor of English at Wellington College ran nimbly down the ladder and hugged his wife.

From Project Gutenberg

But there Peter and his eccentricities and philanthropic projects vanished from mind at sight of an expense of gingham apron filling the kitchen doorway and covering the ample form of Jane, grinning and beneficent, who, as she herself said, was no skittish young thing who didn't know a good place when she had it, which accounted for the Sanfords having retained their general houseworker.

From Project Gutenberg

But she’s only a stupid houseworker Ma hires by the week.”

From Project Gutenberg

She got a lift into town and eventually found a job as a houseworker.

From Time Magazine Archive