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Definition of Houseman

1. Noun. An advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience ('houseman' is a British term).

Definition of Houseman

1. Noun. (U.K.) A medical graduate gaining practical experience in a hospital ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Houseman

1. a male servant [n HOUSEMEN] - See also: servant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Houseman

Literary usage of Houseman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Extraordinary Cases by Henry Lauren Clinton (1896)
"CHAPTER III CASE OF POLLY BODINE Tried Three Times for the Murder of Emeline houseman, her Sister- in-law.—Curious Incidents during the Trials. ..."

2. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido for the Suppression of Piracy: With by Henry Keppel, James Brooke (1847)
"Defied by Seriff houseman. Audience of the Sultan, Muda Hassim, ... Seriff houseman obliged to fly. ..."

3. Grand Rapids and Kent County, Michigan: Historical Account of Their Progress by Ernest B. Fisher (1918)
"About the year 1867 Joseph houseman took Moses May as a partner. In 1885 the firm became, by the admission of other members, houseman, Donelly & Jones, ..."

4. The Law and Practice in Bankruptcy Under the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898 by William Miller Collier (1907)
"houseman, 93 US 130; 8. See, however, interesting his- Olney v. Tanner, 10 Fed. 101. So torical matter, pointing to the op- tlso under the law of 1841, ..."

5. The Amaranth, Or Token of Remembrance: A Christmas and New Year's Gift for . (1847)
"BY CF houseman. THE brook is purling on its way, Amid a thousand flowers ; It seems not night, but paler day, ..."

6. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library (1907)
"... a Chest 7 6 Jacob houseman, a Heifer 15 7 6 Jacob houseman, 8 hogs, 25 Jacob houseman, a Cow 14 10 Jacob houseman, a Cow 17 15 Jacob houseman, a Cow, ..."

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