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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
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
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
His first hotel job, a banquet houseman position while in college was in 2005.
—Linda Gandee, cleveland, 8 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for houseman
Noun
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Only butlers and spa therapists may accept tips at some resorts.—
Eve Chen,
USA TODAY,
23 Mar. 2025
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The 26 cabins, each with a riverside balcony and lounge, are available with four-poster beds and a personal butler to complete the old-world experience.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The show is sharpest when its sights are fixed on Norma and Joe, and also on the looming figure of Norma’s manservant and eternal enabler, Max.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2024
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The dialogue is witty and the characters are memorable, particularly Boris Karloff as hulking manservant Morgan.—
Katie Rife,
EW.com,
12 Mar. 2024
Noun
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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
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Between this new doc, the premiere of Porsha Williams’s new spinoff, the new season of RHOC, Nicki Minaj hosting the RHOP reunion, the RHOM trailer, and the finale of Winter House, the Institute is busier than Andy Cohen’s houseboy during a holiday weekend.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
6 Dec. 2021
Noun
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In 2006, a former Washington, D.C., hospital valet was sentenced to more than three years in prison for stalking a hospital employee.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2025
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The two actors chatted after dinner for five minutes by the valet before going their separate ways.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
Fox News,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Instead of facing what Alondra is saying, Yasmin strides out of the room and instructs Henry Muck’s footman to fire the secretary.—
Nina Li Coomes,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2024
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Bennett gained some experience at Buckingham Palace as a part-time footman (a lower-ranking role) before quitting the force.—
Peter Rubin,
Longreads,
17 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Son Heung-min has been a tremendous servant to the club, but at 32, his influence appears to be waning.—
Robert Kidd,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Launched in 2010 from creator Julian Fellowes, the original Downton Abbey series ran through 2015 on the British network ITV and on PBS in America, and followed the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their team of servants at their Yorkshire estate in 1912.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The post, however, did not offer an explanation for the groom's family's reluctance to attend.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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After a three-course meal, the bride and groom made a giant millefoglie cake alongside their chef.—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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For example, housekeepers typically don't make as much as janitors.—
Alex Golden,
Axios,
1 Apr. 2025
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Iñárritu turned out 2022’s divisive but inarguably unique Bardo; and then there’s Roma, Cuarón’s auditing of his childhood by focusing on his unsung nanny and housekeeper.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Houseman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/houseman. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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