Definition of housekeepers:
(n) :
Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc.
(n) :
Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.
(n) :
(colloquial, now rare) Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody.
(n) :
(now rare) Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.