houseman
noun
house·man
ˈhau̇s-mən 
-ˌman
: a person who performs general work about a house or hotel
Examples of houseman in a Sentence
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Wilson Medina works two jobs: as a houseman at the Sheraton Universal Hotel and as a mechanic.
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Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2023
Each comes with a personal houseman who helps attune every meal and experience to each guest’s tastes.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2023
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.
—Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2021
The women would lounge topless at the pool and sometimes give Epstein massages, the houseman said.
—Julie K. Brown and Ben Wieder, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Dec. 2021
Jose Lara works as a houseman at the hotel, cleaning the public spaces and working with the housekeeping staff.
—Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 June 2021
Thomas lost his hotel job — as a houseman at a D.C. hotel — to the pandemic last year.
—Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2021
His first hotel job, a banquet houseman position while in college was in 2005.
—Linda Gandee, cleveland, 8 Mar. 2021
Added to the mix are Isaac’s son (Eli Gelb), her father’s houseman (Jeff Skowron) and the maid (Kimberly Jürgen).
—Ellen Olivier, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2019
Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2023
Each comes with a personal houseman who helps attune every meal and experience to each guest’s tastes.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2023
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.
—Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2021
The women would lounge topless at the pool and sometimes give Epstein massages, the houseman said.
—Julie K. Brown and Ben Wieder, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Dec. 2021
Jose Lara works as a houseman at the hotel, cleaning the public spaces and working with the housekeeping staff.
—Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 June 2021
Thomas lost his hotel job — as a houseman at a D.C. hotel — to the pandemic last year.
—Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2021
His first hotel job, a banquet houseman position while in college was in 2005.
—Linda Gandee, cleveland, 8 Mar. 2021
Added to the mix are Isaac’s son (Eli Gelb), her father’s houseman (Jeff Skowron) and the maid (Kimberly Jürgen).
—Ellen Olivier, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2019
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First Known Use
1853, in the meaning defined above
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