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domestic

noun [C]
 
 
/dəˈmes.tɪk/ (also domestic help) old-fashioned

Definition

someone paid to do work, such as cleaning and cooking, in someone else's housePeople who clean and tidy places and things
(Definition of domestic noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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