houseman

American  

[haus-man, -muhn] / ˈhaʊsˌmæn, -mən /

noun

• housemen
  plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• housemen
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of houseman

First recorded in 1790–1800; house + man

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

houseman housemen

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

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

They had a son and lived in the UK for a couple of years, where Watsa worked as a hospital houseman and registrar.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2014

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

In this wise, it came to pass that Samuel was duly installed as upper houseman in the Cammack home.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various

The housemen also resupplied the ground soldiers if they sold their allocated amount.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

At this a murmur of applause ran round the benches of the friends and housemen.

From Erling the Bold by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

The earl's housemen now begin To shrink and fall: their ranks grow thin— The king's luck thrives—their decks are cleared, Of fighting men no more appeared.

From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

There he unpacked his merchandise, showed it to Orm and the housemen, and bade Orm take therefrom such things as he would.

From Eirik the Red's Saga by John Sephton

Not only the people in the parlor, but also the servants, the housemen, everybody about the place, even the women, were silent.

From Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life by Bj?rnstjerne Bj?rnson

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