houseboy

American  

[hous-boi] / ˈhaʊsˌbɔɪ /

noun

1. houseman.

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houseboy British  

/ ˈhaʊsˌbɔɪ /

noun

1. a male domestic servant

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Etymology

Origin of houseboy

First recorded in 1895–1900; house + boy

Example Sentences

Once in London, however, he had to sleep on Dr Obeta's sofa and says the doctor used him as a houseboy.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2023

He said they met in Hammamet, a Tunisian resort town, where Mr. Girard hired him as a houseboy in a villa he had rented.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2020

Michener became a houseboy of sorts for the Swopes and built them a greenhouse.

From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2018

But his learning lies fallow—he writes nothing, publishes nothing—and his houseboy calls him “the Great Darkness” for his ability to absorb the splendors of English literature without emitting any light of his own.

From Slate • Jan. 9, 2015

For dinner the houseboy brought us one thing after another until I thought I’d burst: real meat, orange cheeses wrapped in red wax, canned yellow asparagus.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver