house officer

/ ˈhaʊsmən /

noun

med a doctor who is the most junior member of the medical staff of a hospital, usually resident in the hospital US and Canadian equivalentintern

For a chemical brother spilt sulphuric acid over the first, and the second married a custom-house officer.

A party of smugglers caught a custom-house officer and a shoemaker on their way to give evidence.

The custom-house officer rushed out in horror, followed by his hounds who licked his hands as they ran, and made them quite red.

He comes between the statesman and the clerk, just as the custom-house officer stands between the civil and the military.

By the time the custom-house officer has examined and chalked your luggage, the telephone connection has been made.

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