The definition of housekeeping staff is doing basic cleaning tasks in a house, hotel or other locations, or the department of employees who manage and perform cleaning tasks.
A housekeeper is someone whose job involves cleaning other people's houses. In some cases, a housekeeper also cooks meals for her employers.
A maid, or housemaid or maidservant, is a female domestic worker. In the Victorian era domestic service was the second largest category of employment in England and Wales, after agricultural work.
A girl or woman who is a servant employed to do housework.