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house·man    Audio Help   [hous-man, -muhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -men    Audio Help   [-men, -muhn] Pronunciation Key.
1.a male servant who performs general duties in a home, hotel, etc.
2.a man employed to maintain order, as in a bar or gambling casino; bouncer.
3.house detective.
4.one who represents the management in a gambling house.
5.British. a medical intern at a hospital.
[Origin: 1790–1800; house + man1]
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house·man    Audio Help   (hous'mān', -mən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A man employed for cleaning, maintenance, and other general work in a house or hotel.

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houseman

noun
an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience ('houseman' is a British term) [syn: intern] 

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ˈhouseman noun
a recently qualified doctor who is living in a hospital while working there to complete his training
Arabic: طَبيب حَديث يَسْكُن في المُسْتَشْفى ليُتَمِّم تدريبه
Chinese (Simplified): 住在医院的实习医生
Chinese (Traditional): 住在醫院的實習醫生
Czech: sekundář
Danish: lægekandidat
Dutch: interne arts
Estonian: haiglaarst
Finnish: sairaalalääkäri
French: interne
German: der Assistenzarzt
Greek: εσωτερικός ειδικευόμενος γιατρός
Hungarian: (kórházban) bennlakó orvos
Icelandic: læknakandidat
Indonesian: interna
Italian: interno
Japanese: 医師実習生
Korean: 인턴; 심부름꾼
Latvian: slimnīcā dzīvojošs ārsts
Lithuanian: ligoninėje gyvenantis gydytojas
Norwegian: legekandidat
Polish: lekarz na stażu
Portuguese (Brazil): residente
Portuguese (Portugal): interno
Russian: врач-стажёр, живущий при больнице
Slovak: sekundár
Slovenian: stažist
Spanish: interno
Swedish: assistentläkare
Turkish: stajyer doctor, pratisyen
See also: house-fly, house-warming, houseboat, housebreaker, household, householder, housekeeper, housekeeping, housetrain, housewife, housework, housing, housing benefit, house, house agent, house arrest, household word, like a house on fire

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