live-in

The definition of live in is someone who resides in your home with you permanently or on a full time basis.

(adjective)

An example of a live in housekeeper is someone who has a room where she sleeps in your home and who stays there on a permanent basis.

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See live-in in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. living at the place where one is employed, esp. in domestic service: a live-in housekeeper
  2. designating a person who lives at the residence of his or her sexual partner without being married: a live-in girlfriend

noun

a live-in person

See live-in in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Residing in the place where one is employed: a live-in cook.
  2. Residing together with another, especially in a sexual relationship.

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