- houseboy
- house|boy [ `haus,bɔı ] noun count OLD-FASHIONEDa boy or man who works as a servant in someone's house. Many people now consider this word to be offensive.
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
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Houseboy — Houseboy, typically is a male servant or assistant who performs domestic or personal chores, as in:*Houseboy, an American slang term that originated in World War II describing a native boy who helped a soldier perform basic responsibilities like… … Wikipedia
houseboy — [hous′boi΄] n. HOUSEMAN (sense 1) … English World dictionary
houseboy — UK [ˈhaʊsˌbɔɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms houseboy : singular houseboy plural houseboys mainly American old fashioned a boy or man who works as a servant in someone s house. Many people now consider this word to be offensive … English dictionary
houseboy — [[t]ha͟ʊsbɔɪ[/t]] houseboys N COUNT A houseboy is a man or boy who cleans and does other jobs in someone else s house. [OLD FASHIONED] … English dictionary
Houseboy (novel) — Houseboy is a novel in the form of a diary written by Ferdinand Oyono in 1956 in French as Une vie de boy and translated into English in 1966.Plot summaryThe story starts in Spanish Guinea with a Frenchman on vacation, who finds a man named… … Wikipedia
houseboy — noun Date: circa 1898 houseman … New Collegiate Dictionary
houseboy — /hows boy /, n. houseman (def. 1). [1895 1900; HOUSE + BOY] * * * … Universalium
houseboy — noun A male domestic servant … Wiktionary
houseboy — house|boy [ˈhausbɔı] n old fashioned not polite a man who is employed to do general work at someone s house … Dictionary of contemporary English
houseboy — n. male servant … English contemporary dictionary
