houseboy

house·boy

H h

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hous-boi]
- /ˈhaʊsˌbɔɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hous-boi]
- /ˈhaʊsˌbɔɪ/

Definitions of houseboy word

noun houseboy houseman (def 1). 1
noun houseboy A boy or man employed to undertake domestic duties. 1
countable noun houseboy A houseboy is a man or boy who cleans and does other jobs in someone else's house. 0
noun houseboy a male domestic servant 0
noun houseboy houseman (sense 1) 0
noun houseboy A male domestic servant. 0

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Origin of houseboy

First appearance:

before 1895

One of the 18% newest English words

First recorded in 1895-1900; house + boy

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Parts of speech for Houseboy

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Houseboy

houseboy popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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