househelp
Hired home assistant
Househelp is a person employed to do domestic work—cleaning, cooking, childcare, or general household tasks.
The term is common in African and South Asian English where domestic employment remains widespread: We're looking for househelp.
It serves as a gender-neutral alternative to housemaid or houseboy.
Also spelled as two words.
Household cleaning worker
- servantOne employed to serve
- cleanerAgent that removes dirt
- butlerChief domestic servant
- cookHeat food for eating
gardener · chauffeur · handyman · laundress · housemaid · chambermaid · valet · footman
Hired child caretaker
- babysitterHired child caretaker
- nursemaidDomestic child caretaker
- au pairForeign live-in childcare worker
- childminderProfessional youth caretaker
governess · companion · minder · home aide · wet nurse · day nurse · live-in carer · chaperone
maid
Household cleaning worker
cook · gardener · chauffeur · handyman · laundress · housemaid · chambermaid · valet · footman · scullery maid
nanny
Hired child caretaker
- babysitterHired child caretaker
- nursemaidDomestic child caretaker
- au pairForeign live-in childcare worker
childminder · governess · companion · minder · home aide · wet nurse · day nurse · live-in carer · chaperone · matron
wages
Payment for work
contract · live-in · part-time · full-time · references · duties · uniform · quarters · benefits · day off
househelpemployer
One who employs others
master · mistress · homeowner · lady of the house · head of household
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