houseboy
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7.3
- noun
- /ˈhaʊsˌbɔɪ/
- Archaic
:
mozo de servicio (arcaico)
- Should your houseboy's predicament not jog your memory, you may bid him Godspeed.
- houseboy job
- work as a houseboy
Examples
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My father found work as a "houseboy," starting all over again at age 59.
Blog text (8) -
The door swung open, and a pair of shrunken little houseboys bowed into the room with our breakfast.
Fiction book (1992) -
I just took the first room the houseboy showed me.
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I thought you were the houseboy.
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Overnight, I went from being treated like a god to being treated like a houseboy.
Fiction book (2000) -
"I thought I told you never to come here," the houseboy said through the intercom in the box beside the gate.
Fiction book (1999) -
Are you the houseboy?
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There was the faint scent of pot in the air, and one of Quintoon's Chinese houseboys was passing around a tray of small, round sandwiches.
Fiction book (2001) -
Servants sprang up like mushrooms after a rain: turbaned Sikhs with appropriately somber faces, houseboys in white, and ladies-in-waiting with dark staring eyes.
Fiction book (1992) -
The houseboy helped serve dinner to the guests at the party.
Synonyms
422
1.0
A person who works in someone's home doing jobs like cooking and cleaning
51
1.0
A person who cleans houses or offices as their job
17
3.2
A young person paid to do small tasks such as delivering messages and packages
14
5.8
A person who works in a home doing cleaning and cooking
11
7.4
A man who works in someone's house doing jobs like cleaning and helping with meals
7
8.9
A man who works in a large house, greeting visitors and serving meals
1
2.3
A person who works in a home doing cleaning, cooking and other daily tasks
1
1.9
A person who cleans homes for money
1
2.6
A person paid to clean and cook in a home
A person who cleans, cooks, or does other work in a home
A man who works in a home to serve and help people
A young boy who runs small errands in a hotel or house
A person who helps older or disabled people with housework and shopping at home
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Houseboy is simply house + boy, literally a 'boy of the house' who helps with chores. That's why it refers to a young man employed to do domestic work in a private home.