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单词 home help
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home helpn.

Brit. /ˌhəʊm ˈhɛlp/, U.S. /ˌhoʊm ˈhɛlp/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home n.1, help n.
Etymology: < home n.1 + help n. Compare earlier home helper n.
Chiefly British.
A person who helps with household work, spec. one employed by a local authority to assist a sick, elderly, or disabled person in his or her home. Also as a mass noun: assistance of this kind.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun]
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hirdcnihtc1000
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hewea1350
officerc1375
homely mana1382
meniala1387
household servant1427
homely womana1500
domestical?c1550
comprador1615
domestic1623
spider-brusher1833
house help1837
domiciliary1844
hoghenhine1848
kitchen mechanic1861
home helper1864
home help1883
1883 Times 27 Sept. 11/2 (advt.) Office for home helps, 366, Oxford-street... Mrs. Crawshay has a vacancy for a lady as governess-housekeeper in a widower's family.
1900 Daily News 13 June 8/6 The West Central Jewish Girls' Club... Its objects are educational, recreational, and religious. There are 221 members..home-helps, 17.
1939 M. Spring Rice Working-class Wives 14 While women..go into hospital..trained home helps can be provided to look after the father and children.
1958 P. Townsend in N. Mackenzie Conviction 117 There is the nucleus of a home help service.
1984 V. George & P. Wilding Impact Social Policy ii. 58 Large numbers of elderly in need of home help do not receive it.
2003 S. Mackay Heligoland (2004) vi. 86 Rowena had been his home help, visiting twice daily, getting his breakfast and settling him down for the night.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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