househelp

English

Etymology

house +‎ help

Noun

househelp (plural househelps)

  1. A servant employed to perform household tasks.
    • 2003, Akua Kuenyehia, Women and Law in West Africa, page 18:
      If the husband (male) has wanted the househelp to cook for him, he would have married that girl. Secondly, when the househelp cooks for the man (husband), he begins to doubt the capability of the wife to cook.
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