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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.
—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
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
Noun
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Despite being a British show, its lead characters — aside from the uber-posh, pink Rolls-Royce-owning London agent Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward and her rough 'n' ready butler, Parker — are all-American heroes.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Inside, the couple meet a mismatch of eccentric characters, like biker Eddie (Meat Loaf), butler Riff-Rat (O'Brien) and doting aid Columbia (Nell Campbell).—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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The pilot featured Charles Levin as Coco, a gay houseboy.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The houseboy kept bringing food and water.—
Gillian Telling,
People.com,
6 Oct. 2024
Noun
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At one point, video appears to show the shop’s front doors lock the robbers inside, before one of them fires off several shots through the glass, allowing the group to escape to getaway cars parked in the lot’s valet area.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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On Monday, a member of the group fired upon the door to escape before the thieves fled into six getaway vehicles in the valet area of the shopping mall -- several of which were reportedly stolen, police said.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In his new memoir, The Royal Insider , former royal butler and footman Paul Burrell made the claim that Queen Elizabeth was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer shortly before her death.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
14 Sep. 2025
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Similarly, longtime Downton butler Mr. Carson (Jim Carter) was finally preparing to retire and hand the running of the home’s staff over to former footman Andy (Michael Fox).—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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If dogs are our servants, cats are our shadows.—
Rebecca van Laer
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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Beckett’s symbols of master and slave — the whip, the rope, the servant weighed down with baggage — are either mimed or cut and in doing so lose its real horror.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As punishment, the bride and groom have to watch every snap of San Diego State’s 6-3 win over NIU last week, every Saturday for the rest of the year.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Some users noted that the brother and sister's wedding costs were divided in the same way, pointing out that in each case the groom's side of the family paid for the rehearsal dinner while the bride's side of the family paid for the wedding.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Their three children's longtime nanny, Maria Turrion Borrallo, and housekeepers will likely stay in smaller properties nearby.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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In one case, a hospital employee worked her way up from housekeeper to registrar to quality analyst.—
Rae Ellen Bichell,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Houseman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/houseman. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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