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单词 home keeper
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home keepern.

Brit. /ˈhəʊm ˌkiːpə/, U.S. /ˈhoʊm ˌkipər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home n.1, keeper n.
Etymology: < home n.1 + keeper n.
1. A person who stays at home; one who avoids going abroad or venturing far from home. Now rare.
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1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 488 (heading) That the wife be a home keeper, and auoyding all occasions [Sp. Que la muger sea recogida y poco ocasionada].
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Mansionaro, a homekeeper, a housling.
1763 R. Lloyd in Lett. between Duke of Grafton, &c. & John Wilkes. 178 As Churchill is out of town, unless I am assured of your being there, I shall be a home-keeper.
1792 in J. Wilkes Let. 10 May (1804) xxxviii. 107 I highly applaud your prudence in being a home-keeper during the late churlish evenings.
1834 Mr. Murray's List Wks. in Press 16 (advt.) in J. E. Riddle Scriptural Comm. (end matter) Home-keepers may read it with pleasure, as a smart sketch of scenes... Those who propose a trip may usefully study it, either before their departure, or en route.
1888 Bk. News (Philadelphia) July 495/1 Shakespeare..was himself a home-keeper. There is no reason to believe that he ever crossed the sea.
1914 R. Hughes What will People Say? lix. 415 There were few people abroad, for the audiences were at this hour in the theaters and the home-keepers were at home.
2. A person who runs a home or household; = homemaker n., housekeeper n. 2b.
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society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator > of a household > woman
housewifec1225
housekeepera1616
hausfrau1798
homebuilder1855
homemaker1861
home keeper1875
1875 Lowell (Mass.) Daily Citizen & News 29 Apr. She is the mother, the wife, the home-keeper, and..however widely her influence may radiate, its central point is the hearth-stone, the cradle, the home.
1898 Chicago Advance 20 Jan. 75/1 A living homekeeper's thoughtful care.
1912 Outlook 19 Oct. 365/1 The first educators made their plea that the girl be trained to be home-keeper or teacher.
1995 M. Hunt Cheapskate Monthly Money Makeover i. 16 With my new job came a big change on the home front. As I became the bread-winner, Harold became the home keeper.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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