domestic staff
Home service workers
Domestic staff are the employees who work in a private household—housekeepers, cooks, nannies, gardeners, drivers, and the like.
The term is slightly formal, often appearing in discussions of household management or employment: They hired domestic staff to maintain the estate.
In historical contexts, domestic staff might include butlers, footmen, and lady's maids.
- maidHousehold cleaning worker
- lady's maidFemale personal attendant
- butlerChief domestic servant
- housekeeperDomestic cleaning professional
- servantOne employed to serve
hired help · cook · nanny · chauffeur · gardener · valet · cleaner · governess · footman · chambermaid · au pair · live-in help · manservant · livery · apron · quarters · service entrance · downstairs
- household staffmaid, butler, housekeeper, cook, nanny
- servant quartersservants, servant, below stairs, downstairs, servants hall
- householdshousehold, nuclear family, residents, married couple, occupants
- White HouseOval Office, West Wing, Rose Garden, Red Room, Lincoln Bedroom
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Indoor professional employees
factory workers · industrial workers · corporate employees · field workers · retail workers
domestic staffcorporate employees
Business organization's hired workers
government workers · civil servants · state employees · municipal workers · federal employees
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