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house-man, houseman|ˈhaʊsmən|
1. (See quot.)
1798Malthus Popul. ii. i. (1806) I. 310 The Norway farms have in general a certain number of married labourers employed upon them..who are called housemen. Ibid. 311 A houseman's place becomes vacant.
2. A man who lives habitually in a house.
1843E. Jones Poems, Sens. & Event 86 When the rich hedges Sleep..so still and sunnily That housemen long to go and lie beside them.
3. (ˈHouseˌman) A member of the college of Christ Church, Oxford: see house n.1 4 b.
1868Oxford Spect. (1869) 102 While their dwelling is called Christ Church by strangers, by others it is called the House, and they themselves Housemen. 1895Daily News 20 Sept. 4/7 Lord Rosebery (himself a Houseman).
4. U.S. slang. A burglar.
1904‘No. 1500’ Life in Sing Sing 255/2 Houseman, a burglar. 1911G. Bronson-Howard Enemy to Society v. 147 Say a ‘house man’ or a ‘sneak’ or a ‘second-story’ man or a ‘peteman’—anything but a ‘cracksman’. 1924G. C. Henderson Keys to Crookdom App. B. 408 Houseman burglar, prowler.
5. A person responsible for general duties in a private house, hotel, etc.
1934in Webster. 1960‘N. Shute’ Trustee from Toolroom 277 She went through to tell the house-man to clear away the tea. 1961Times 20 July 3/1 Houseman-Handyman..Valet/Houseman. 1968Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 13 Dec. 24/4 His marvellous home..with a Spanish houseman and an Italian cook.
6. A house physician or house surgeon; now usually (in Great Britain) a junior doctor who, having passed all the qualifying examinations, is working for a time in a hospital under a certain amount of supervision prior to being fully registered as an independent medical practitioner.
1938Amer. Speech XIII. 228/2 House men (residents and interns) and ‘O.R.’ (operating room) nurses take their turn being on call for emergency operations. 1942M. Dickens One Pair of Feet vi. 83, I hate these Housemen—stuck-up little boys, they think they know everything. 1962Becoming a Doctor (B.M.A.) 27 The law requires that newly qualified doctors shall be ‘provisionally registered’ for a year immediately after they have taken their Finals. They are qualified doctors, but full registration must wait upon the results of two obligatory six-month appointments in hospitals specially approved for the purpose. These hospital appointments are in medicine, surgery, or obstetrics—that is to say, in any two of these three. During this time the young doctor is what is called a ‘houseman’ or, more correctly, a junior house officer. 1962D. Margerson Med. as Career ix. 57 What are the houseman's duties? The complete care of the patients. When they come into hospital he takes down the full story of their illnesses; examines them; arranges for the special tests which aid diagnosis; and prescribes the initial treatment. At least once a day..the houseman visits all his patients. Ibid., The houseman is the patient's personal doctor while he is in hospital. Other doctors—the consultants and his registrar assistants—will be involved in diagnosis and treatment, but none will be as close to the patient..as the houseman. 1965N. Wymer Behind Scenes Hospital iii. 31 The registrars, in turn, are assisted by the house physicians and house surgeons, who, unlike their seniors, live in the hospital and therefore are known as ‘housemen’. 1970Times 25 Nov. 11/4 Either consultant or houseman may be called from the clinic for consultation.
Hence ˈhousemanship, the state or position of being a houseman (sense 6).
1969Guardian 10 Mar. 5/4 After six years of concentrated study..the girl is hurled into her first housemanship. The pressure of her first hospital can terrify her. 1972Times 31 Oct. 6/8 Many [doctors] will be completing their housemanship this year. |