noun
a person hired to help in another's home (especially one employed by a local authority to help the infirm with domestic work)
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑domestic, ↑domestic help, ↑house servant
Useful english dictionary. 2012.