House"keep`er (?), n.
1.
One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family.
Locke.
2.
One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs.
3.
One who exercises hospitality, or has plentiful and hospitable household.
[Obs.]
Sir H. Wotton.
4.
One who keeps or stays much at home.
[R.]
You are manifest housekeeper.
Shak.
5.
A house dog.
[Obs.]
Shak.
© Webster 1913.