houseboy
noun
house·boy
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Definition of houseboy
: houseman
Examples of houseboy in a Sentence
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Police arrested the only one left alive on the property — a 19-year-old houseboy. — Los Angeles Times, "From the Archives: ‘Ritualistic Slayings’: Sharon Tate, Four Others Murdered," 28 July 2019 Naomi Campbell was Scarlett O’Hara, Manolo Blahnik was a gardener or barefoot field hand, and John Galliano was a houseboy, photographed scrubbing the floor! — André Leon Talley, Vogue, "André Leon Talley Remembers Karl Lagerfeld," 19 Feb. 2019 In his novel, the winning ticket belongs to a flamboyant madam of a high-class brothel and Ernest becomes her new houseboy. — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, "‘Love and Other Consolation Prizes’ returns author Jamie Ford to Seattle and its forgotten history," 1 Sep. 2017 The underage ones, like him, had become bar sweeps or houseboys for Americans, while the older, luckier ones dodged army service, becoming thieves or pimps or rich men’s servants. — Megan Mahew Bergman, The Mercury News, "Viet Thanh Nyugen’s ‘The Refugees’ is an exquisite short-story collection," 8 Feb. 2017 The underage ones, like him, had become bar sweeps or houseboys for Americans, while the older, luckier ones dodged army service, becoming thieves or pimps or rich men’s servants. — Megan Mahew Bergman, The Mercury News, "Viet Thanh Nyugen’s ‘The Refugees’ is an exquisite short-story collection," 8 Feb. 2017 The underage ones, like him, had become bar sweeps or houseboys for Americans, while the older, luckier ones dodged army service, becoming thieves or pimps or rich men’s servants. — Megan Mahew Bergman, The Mercury News, "Viet Thanh Nyugen’s ‘The Refugees’ is an exquisite short-story collection," 8 Feb. 2017 The underage ones, like him, had become bar sweeps or houseboys for Americans, while the older, luckier ones dodged army service, becoming thieves or pimps or rich men’s servants. — Megan Mahew Bergman, The Mercury News, "Viet Thanh Nyugen’s ‘The Refugees’ is an exquisite short-story collection," 8 Feb. 2017 The underage ones, like him, had become bar sweeps or houseboys for Americans, while the older, luckier ones dodged army service, becoming thieves or pimps or rich men’s servants. — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, "Review: Viet Thanh Nguyen gives us the inroads to understanding “The Refugees”," 3 Feb. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'houseboy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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houseboy
noun
house·boy
| \ ˈhau̇s-ˌbȯi
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Kids Definition of houseboy
: a boy or man hired to do housework