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houseboy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Household
house·boy /ˈhaʊsbɔɪ/ noun [countable]  old-fashioned not politeDH a man who is employed to do general work at someone’s house 男仆,家童
Examples from the Corpus
houseboyPeople said she went to bed with her houseboy.Nobody even gets deported again, no broken windows, no more kicking houseboys.She was thinking of houseboys in a saffron uniform she'd design herself.Kenny the houseboy arrived with the poultice makings, but one look at me convinced him it was useless.
house·boy nounChineseSyllable
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houseboy
houseboy /ˈhaʊsbɔɪ/ noun [countable]
old-fashioned not polite a man who is employed to do general work at someone’s house


house·boyBrE /ˈhaʊsbɔɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhaʊsbɔɪ/ 🔊 nouna young male servant in a house 年轻男仆