Working Definitions

ab-lu-ent [ab-loo-uh nt]

1. Serving to cleanse.

2. A cleansing agent; a detergent.

Origin:
Latin: abluent (s. of abluēns, prp. of abluere to wash away), equiv. to ab- lū- comb. form of lavere to wash + -ent.  Pig Latin: abluentway

 

Different domestic worker jobs

(from wikipedia)

• Au pair, foreign-national domestic assistant working for, and living as part of, a host family
• Boots, a young male servant, employed mostly to perform footwear maintenance and minor auxiliary tasks
• Butler, a senior employee, almost invariably a man, whose duties traditionally include overseeing the wine cellar, the silverware, and some oversight of the other servants
• Charlady or char, a female house cleaner servant
• Chauffeur (personal driver)
• Cook
• Dog walker
• Footman
• Gardener
• Governess
• Groundskeeper
• Handyman (household repairs)
• Horse trainer
• Housemaid
• Housekeeper, a senior employee, usually female.
• Knave
• Laundress
• Maid
• Masseur/Masseuse
• Nanny (once known as a nurse)
• Nursemaid
• Personal shopper
• Personal trainer (fitness, swimming, sports)
• Pool person
• Scullery maid
• Secretary (social or corresponding)
• Security guard
• Stable boy
• Tweeny, an in-between maid; her duties being half in the reception rooms and half in the kitchen
• Valet or “gentleman’s gentleman”, responsible for the master’s wardrobe and assists him in dressing, etc.
• Wet nurse, provides suckling for infants if mothers do not wish to do so themselves
• Yard crew