houseman
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
houseman (plural housemen)
- (now chiefly US) A male follower or retainer; a male domestic worker or servant. [from 17th c.]
- (chiefly UK) A medical graduate gaining practical experience in a hospital; a house officer. [from 1920s]
- 2000, J. G. Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 184:
- A young houseman wearing his white coat and name-tag walked past us towards the apartment houses beside the lake.
Synonyms[edit]
- (medical graduate): house officer, (US) intern