houseman

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Recent Examples of houseman The 25-year-old earned around $28 an hour as a night houseman on the evening shift at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Feb. 2025 The 25-year-old earned around $28 an hour as a night houseman on the evening shift at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Feb. 2025 Wilson Medina works two jobs: as a houseman at the Sheraton Universal Hotel and as a mechanic. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for houseman
Noun
  • Three of the top five hotels are in Istanbul, including Shangri-La Bosphorus, Istanbul (No. 3), known for its crisp white rooms, gorgeous hamam, and perks like an on-site baklava butler.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
  • Sit under the red-and-white-striped umbrellas, and beach butlers will cater to your every need.
    Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • He is attended and aided by his faithful manservant, Graham, and sometimes assisted by another confidant, Dr. Thomas McConnell.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 25 June 2025
  • These included a gentleman singing with his manservant on Mardi Gras, seven apprentices of a ribbon maker singing together, and a woman charged for singing while working in her house and yard, among many others.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • The houseboy kept bringing food and water.
    Gillian Telling, People.com, 6 Oct. 2024
  • His mother moved the family to Malden, W.Va., where Washington worked as a salt packer, coal miner and houseboy.
    Tobi Raji, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • Following a lengthy discussion, board member John Bauer made a motion to support the request for a valet zone that must include the bulb-out.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
  • And most folks know to tip valets, nail technicians, and bellhops, too.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • The idea of a footman making an invention, becoming fabulously rich and turning up at some dinner in London society, that just wouldn’t happen.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 23 June 2025
  • Downstairs, young footman and part-time inventor Jack is trying to sell a new style of alarm clock with Larry's help and leave the world of service and rigid class striations behind him.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • The Forty Steps, located at the end of Narragansett Avenue a half mile north of the Breakers, was a popular meeting spot for Gilded Age domestics, especially Irish servants, who gathered there to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 3 July 2025
  • Ironically, to be the servant of all requires enormous independence.
    Jim Rigby, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • The first dance usually belongs to the bride and groom—but this time, Bianca Wyler's dad stole the show.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
  • The groom's mother appears to be aware of this rule, yet continues to push the topic to the bride.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Richard Simmons' longtime housekeeper and companion Teresa Reveles is speaking out about the late fitness guru's final years.
    Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
  • Not that Davidtz excludes herself from the racist mindset that’s evident in Bobo, who enjoys spending time with her family’s housekeeper, Sarah (Zikhona Bali), despite treating her as beneath her.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025

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“Houseman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/houseman. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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