houseman

H4O1U1S1E1M3A1N1
UK/ˈhaʊsmən/

noun

A male follower or retainer; a male domestic worker or servant.

Similar
house officerinterninternemedical intern
OriginEnglish house ← Middle English hous ← Old English hūs →
UncommonFirst used 17th c.Scrabble 13
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Meanings

houseman1

nounhouseman (plural housemen)

plural housemen

  1. USA male follower or retainer; a male domestic worker or servant.First known use 17th c.
  2. UKA medical graduate gaining practical experience in a hospital; a house officer.First known use 1920s

    A young houseman wearing his white coat and name-tag walked past us towards the apartment houses beside the lake.

    2000, J. G. Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 184

    Synonyms: house officer, intern

  3. A bouncer (member of security personnel), especially in a casino.

Houseman2

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA medical graduate gaining practical experience in a hospital; a house officer.

Similar
house officerintern

More synonyms by meaning

nounan advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience

Similar
interninternemedical intern
Broader
doctordocphysician
Also see
intern

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewH-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*hūsą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*hūs
  4. Old Englishhūs
  5. Middle Englishhous
  6. Englishhouse
  7. Englishhouseman

From house + -man.

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APA

houseman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houseman

MLA

“houseman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houseman. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “houseman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houseman.

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