housekeeper

[Eng. house, and keeper.] 1. The master or mistre of a household; one who occupies a house with his or her family; a householder. "If I may credit housekeepers and substantial tradesmen, all sorts of provisions and commodities are risen exce ively."- Locke . 2. One who keeps or guards a house. ( Shakesp .: Macbeth , iii. 1.) chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; house raiser 3. One who keeps or lives much at home. "You are manifest housekeepers." Shakesp.: Coriolanus, i. 3. IMG:content-1325.png:[blocks in formation] 1. The management of domestic affairs; the care of a household. *2. Hospitality; a liberal and plentiful table. "I hear your grace hath sworn out housekeeping." Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost, ii. 1. *B. As adj .: Of or pertaining to a household; domestic. "His house, for pleasant prospect, large scope, and other housekeeping commodities, challengeth the preěminence."-Curew. *hous-el, *hous-ele, *hos-el, s. [A. S. húsel (for hunsel ); cogn. with Goth. hunsl =a sacrifice; Icel. húsl.] The Holy Eucharist; the Sacrament; the taking or receiving of the Sacrament. *hous-el, *hoselen, v . t . [A. S. húslian , from húsel ; Goth. hunsljan .] 1. To administer the sacrament to; spec if., to administer the viaticum to. "And certes ones a yere at the lest way it is lawful to be houseled."-Chaucer: Parson's Tale. 2. To prepare for a journey. "May zealous smiths So housel all our hacknies that they may feel Compunction in their feet, and tire at High gate." Beaum. & Flet.: Wit without Money, iii. 7. house-lămb ( b silent), s. [English house , and lamb .] A lamb kept in a house for fattening. *hous-eled, pa . par . or a. [HOUSEL, v.]