Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HOUSE'KEEP-ER, n. [hous'keeper.]

1. One who occupies a house with his family; a man or woman who maintains a family state in a house; a householder; the master or mistress of a family. Locke.
2. A female servant who has the chief care of the family and superintends the other servants. Swift.
3. One who lives in plenty. [Not in use.] Wotton.
4. One who keeps much at home. [Not used.] Shak.
5. A housedog. [Not used.] Shak.