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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.
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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.
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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.
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Katie Lockhart,
Robb Report,
24 Apr. 2023
The women would lounge topless at the pool and sometimes give Epstein massages, the houseman said.
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Julie K. Brown and Ben Wieder,
Anchorage Daily News,
3 Dec. 2021
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.
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Washington Post,
26 Sep. 2021
Jose Lara works as a houseman at the hotel, cleaning the public spaces and working with the housekeeping staff.
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Ricardo Cano,
San Francisco Chronicle,
15 June 2021
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
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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for houseman
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Available at Printemps in New York and Paris, the capsule includes palm-print luggage, velvet slippers embroidered with the collection’s cheeky slogan and coffee cups inspired by the legendary Raffles butler service.
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We are waited on by drivers, butlers, and fixers, as well as a life philosophy coach, a psychologist and several doctors.
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That film crackled with undertones of class, sexuality and politics, with Dirk Bogarde playing the sociopathic manservant to acclaim.
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He is also said to have been a water boy and manservant to an Anderson family member who was a Confederate soldier during the Civil War.
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The pilot featured Charles Levin as Coco, a gay houseboy.
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The houseboy kept bringing food and water.
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However, guests at the Wyndham Hotel will still be able to access the front entrance and the valet area.
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In 2017, Love pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor assault charge stemming from an altercation with a valet at John Glenn Columbus International Airport in Ohio.
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There’s a moment when a former general upbraids a footman for not wearing gloves to serve food.
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Each eight-passenger coach had a driver and footman and was pulled by a team of horses.
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The film also features Odysseus’ servant Eumaeus (John Leguizamo) and Jon Bernthal as Menelaus, the Greek king of Sparta and Agamemnon’s brother.
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Individuals who begin to see themselves as fathers, mothers, believers, mentors, or servants often become less attached to the identities that contributed to their criminal behavior in the first place.
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Other football friends of the groom, including San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle, are also expected to be in attendance.
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The groom was identified by family as 25-year-old Dave Fiji.
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Her housekeeper, who is Ethiopian, sustained less-severe injuries in the attack, Khalil's relatives said.
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The 1980s domestic comedy helped put fairly progressive content — for its time — into prime time, as it was centered around a single dad and former pro baseball player (Danza) who takes a job as a live-in housekeeper for a powerful ad executive (Light).
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“Houseman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/houseman. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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