单词 | home helper |
释义 | home helpern. A person who assists with work in the home; = home help n.In quot. 1864 apparently with reference to clerical rather than household work. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] hirdmanc993 hirdcnihtc1000 hirdcnavec1275 hirdswainc1275 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 1864 C. M. Yonge Trial II. ix. 159 The Doctor set to work with his home helpers, assisted by Dr. Spencer; but the work of composition seemed to make the ground give way under their feet. 1884 Evening Gaz. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 15 Sept. The Home Helpers, a society composed of young girls and boys, none over thirteen years of age, have undertaken to furnish the reception room. 1897 Kindergarten Mag. Sept. 58 The servant should not be looked upon as a servant,..but as a home helper, or attendant, or minister of the kitchen. 1913 W. A. McKeever Training Boy ii. 23 After some rigid and persistent training boys become excellent home helpers. 1948 Population Stud. 2 169 Since 1944 the Riksdag has given State grants to local authorities to meet the wages of home helpers. 1995 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 31 Dec. 1/1 Melissa..has raised them on her own since her husband, Vaughan, ran off with their home helper four years ago. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1864 |
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