houseman

American  

[hous-man, -muhn] / ˈhaʊsˌmæn, -mən /

noun

plural

housemen

1. a male servant who performs general duties in a home, hotel, etc.

2. a man employed to maintain order, as in a bar or gambling casino; bouncer.

3. house detective.

4. one who represents the management in a gambling house.

5. British. a medical intern at a hospital.

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houseman British  

/ ˈhaʊsmən /

noun

1. US and Canadian equivalent: intern.  med a junior doctor who is a member of the medical staff of a hospital

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Etymology

Origin of houseman

First recorded in 1790–1800; house + man

Example Sentences

By then, Kelvin Anderson, 56, who lives in Baltimore and worked at the Sheraton for five years as a banquet houseman, will have been out of work for 18 months.

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2021

Marc Mitchell was at work when the police came to arrest him, last April, at the New Orleans hotel where he was a houseman.

From BBC • May 5, 2017

Cactus Petes for years has worked with the CSI Refugee Center to fill positions including housekeeping, houseman, stewarding, cook and security, Dawn Vandiver, the casino’s human resources manager, said later.

From Washington Times • Mar. 12, 2016

But he can also be unexpectedly literary, as when he compares hotel hallways to ghost towns, “doors wedged open by abandoned carts, not a houseman to be found.”

From Slate • Nov. 30, 2012

The best fiddler of the parish could not come until later, so meanwhile they had to content themselves with the old one, a houseman, who went by the name of Gray-Knut.

From A Happy Boy by Anderson, Rasmus Björn