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Definition of houseboy in English:

houseboy

nounˈhaʊsbɔɪˈhaʊsˌbɔɪ
  • A boy or man employed to undertake domestic duties.

    僮仆;男仆

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It has five bedrooms and an infinity pool that spills into the lake, and comes with a resident chef, an assistant chef, two houseboys and a maid.
    • When his parents lived in Zanzibar, one of their houseboys had accompanied Stanley on his expedition to find Dr Livingstone.
    • Today, many Asian American men still work in poorly paid ‘feminized’ service jobs, as houseboys, gardeners, orderlies, laborers, and cleaners in North America and in the Middle East.
    • Often they work in the fields and have to rely on houseboys, who have easy access to vulnerable children left on their own.
    • I wouldn't mind getting a primer from some reputable person with experience running houseboys, or houseboys who are willing to share their experiences.
    • He was also born a slave, worked in mines and as a houseboy after Emancipation, and arrived at the new Hampton black college broke and dirty.
    • I was a houseboy at the Empress Hotel when I was growing up in Victoria.
    • Some worked in various unskilled restaurant jobs or as houseboys.
    • The houseboy brings in raspberry leaf tea, and we talk about everything from sex to finances to communication.
    • I'm not looking for a boyfriend or a houseboy, although maybe a houseboy would be rather nice.
    • There he worked as a child laborer in a salt-processing operation and in a coal mine, escaping that work eventually to become a houseboy for his employer's wife, who encouraged his educational aspirations.
    • Our small boy had already gone, presumably to join the revels and no doubt collecting other houseboys on their way down.
    • We had a big house, and we had a cook, a houseboy and a gardener.
    • We ate in courses, brought in by his houseboy, an old man with crooked, spindly legs attached to big bare feet like boats.
    • There have been too many innuendo-laced revelations about his remote marriage, and a home in Sri Lanka, managed by a houseboy.
    • I knew he had tried a Filipino houseboy a few months before, but the fellow hadn't lasted a week.
    • He and two of his houseboys soon materialized carrying fresh fruit, bread and yogurt.
    • In Libya, people put ice in their drinks, had houseboys and conducted affairs.
    • And remember Ben, if you can't find a place straight away, you can always come live with me and become my houseboy.
    • He said that the nine rebel ministers would not be missed and compared them to houseboys living in their master's house and abusing his property.
    Synonyms
    attendant, retainer

Definition of houseboy in US English:

houseboy

nounˈhaʊsˌbɔɪˈhousˌboi
  • A boy or man employed to undertake domestic duties.

    僮仆;男仆

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In Libya, people put ice in their drinks, had houseboys and conducted affairs.
    • Today, many Asian American men still work in poorly paid ‘feminized’ service jobs, as houseboys, gardeners, orderlies, laborers, and cleaners in North America and in the Middle East.
    • And remember Ben, if you can't find a place straight away, you can always come live with me and become my houseboy.
    • When his parents lived in Zanzibar, one of their houseboys had accompanied Stanley on his expedition to find Dr Livingstone.
    • Our small boy had already gone, presumably to join the revels and no doubt collecting other houseboys on their way down.
    • Often they work in the fields and have to rely on houseboys, who have easy access to vulnerable children left on their own.
    • I wouldn't mind getting a primer from some reputable person with experience running houseboys, or houseboys who are willing to share their experiences.
    • I'm not looking for a boyfriend or a houseboy, although maybe a houseboy would be rather nice.
    • It has five bedrooms and an infinity pool that spills into the lake, and comes with a resident chef, an assistant chef, two houseboys and a maid.
    • I knew he had tried a Filipino houseboy a few months before, but the fellow hadn't lasted a week.
    • He was also born a slave, worked in mines and as a houseboy after Emancipation, and arrived at the new Hampton black college broke and dirty.
    • We had a big house, and we had a cook, a houseboy and a gardener.
    • We ate in courses, brought in by his houseboy, an old man with crooked, spindly legs attached to big bare feet like boats.
    • There have been too many innuendo-laced revelations about his remote marriage, and a home in Sri Lanka, managed by a houseboy.
    • I was a houseboy at the Empress Hotel when I was growing up in Victoria.
    • He said that the nine rebel ministers would not be missed and compared them to houseboys living in their master's house and abusing his property.
    • The houseboy brings in raspberry leaf tea, and we talk about everything from sex to finances to communication.
    • He and two of his houseboys soon materialized carrying fresh fruit, bread and yogurt.
    • There he worked as a child laborer in a salt-processing operation and in a coal mine, escaping that work eventually to become a houseboy for his employer's wife, who encouraged his educational aspirations.
    • Some worked in various unskilled restaurant jobs or as houseboys.
    Synonyms
    attendant, retainer
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