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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
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
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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The only person who knows Diego’s secret is Bernardo (Salvatore Ficarra), his mute manservant.
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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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The pilot featured Charles Levin as Coco, a gay houseboy.
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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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The king and queen always face the direction of travel and will exit first; their guests face the footmen and will exit after the monarchs.
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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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Hemings was brought to Paris from 1787 to 1789 to work as a servant and maid for Jefferson's household.
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Suddenly, the servant saw that the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around them – representing spiritual forces of divine protection.
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The groom often talks about the team's quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, as family.
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The groom, 25-year-old Dave Fiji, and the helicopter’s pilot, Nikhil Nargundkar, died.
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Chris Brown was found liable by a Los Angeles jury on Tuesday for $13 million in the gruesome case of a dog that mauled and disfigured his housekeeper at his home in 2020.
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Avila alleged in her lawsuit that she and sister Maria Avila were hired in November 2020 as housekeepers at Brown’s home in Tarzana.
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“Houseman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/houseman. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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