HOUSEMAN Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

houseman

noun

Definition of houseman

as in butler

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Recent Examples of houseman Garcia has held various positions at the restaurant and hotel, working his way up from a hotel houseman to a waiter at the restaurant and now a manager. — Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026 The 25-year-old earned around $28 an hour as a night houseman on the evening shift at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. — 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

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Noun

That could mean moving appliances and food storage into a separate space, such as a stand-alone pantry cabinet, a full-on prep kitchen or a butler’s pantry.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2026
The butler’s pantry joins the kitchen and formal dining room and features a Sub-Zero wine refrigerator and built-ins.

— James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of butler

Noun

The Your Friends and Neighbors star plays a character named Lee, Adam’s Chinese American manservant, in East of Eden.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026
The only person who knows Diego’s secret is Bernardo (Salvatore Ficarra), his mute manservant.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026

Definition of manservant

Noun

After individually deciding to bail on the dinner, the pair run into each other by the valet, and their mutual attraction, despite their vastly different personalities, leads to a spicy evening together.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Douglas says that at one major talent agency, a valet could allegedly replace a $100 bill left in a car with a packet of cocaine.

— Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of valet

Noun

Fawcett joined the royal household as a footman to Queen Elizabeth in 1981 and rose through the ranks to become Charles’ valet and then head of The Prince’s Foundation, a nonprofit that funds his favorite charitable causes.

— Martha Ross, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2026
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.

— Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

Definition of footman

Noun

Particularly for a character like this, who is literally a servant and has to exist in the hollows created by other people in that world — that’s a very useful tool for me as an actor.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
Screen vet Leguizamo most recently played Eumaeus, Odysseus’ faithful servant and friend, in Christopher Nolan and Universal’s box office juggernaut The Odyssey.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of servant

Noun

The bride and groom in the picture are Renee and Mario Ippolito, who were married in Portage Park on April 18, 2009.

— Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
The bride, who wore an Oscar de la Renta gown, and the groom celebrated afterward with a reception at the Everglades Club in Palm Beach.

— Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of groom

Noun

Jude’s modern twist on Octave Mirbeau’s novel follows Gianina (Ana Dumitrașcu), a Romanian migrant working as a live-in housekeeper and nanny for a wealthy family in present-day Bordeaux.

— Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
To try that one, the salesperson first had to turn down the covers for us like a mother with her children or a housekeeper in a fancy hotel.

— Jaklin Romine Oct. 15, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of housekeeper

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