houseman

[hous-man, -muh n]

noun, plural house·men

[hous-men, -muh n] /ˈhaʊsˌmɛn, -mən/.

a male servant who performs general duties in a home, hotel, etc.
a man employed to maintain order, as in a bar or gambling casino; bouncer.
house detective.

one who represents the management in a gambling house.
British. a medical intern at a hospital.

Origin of houseman

First recorded in 1790–1800; house + man¹

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for houseman

Historical Examples of houseman

HE was born in the houseman's lodge; she in the great mansion.
Tales From Two Hemispheres
Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen
You are a Houseman, and you have come to spy out the secrets of Doom the Forbidden.
The Doomsman
Van Tassel Sutphen
She came, white as a ghost, leaning upon Houseman's shoulder.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866
Various
It was opened by a houseman who stared at them uncomprehendingly.
Subversive
Dallas McCord Reynolds
When she was a little calmer, he left her, and rode off to Houseman.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866
Various

British Dictionary definitions for houseman

houseman

noun plural -men

med a junior doctor who is a member of the medical staff of a hospitalUS and Canadian equivalent: intern

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012