houseman

See also: Houseman

English

Etymology

From house +‎ -man.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊsmən/

Noun

houseman (plural housemen)

1. (now chiefly US) A male follower or retainer; a male domestic worker or servant. [from 17th c.]
2. (chiefly UK) A medical graduate gaining practical experience in a hospital; a house officer. [from 1920s]
   • 2000, J. G. Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 184:

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

Synonyms

• (medical graduate): house officer, (US) intern