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   What does houseboy mean?

   • For the novel by Ferdinand Oyono, see Houseboy (novel). A houseboy (alternatively spelled as houseboi) is a term which refers to a typically male domestic worker or personal assistant who performs cleaning and other forms of personal chores. The term has a record of being used in the British Empire, military slang, and the male LGBT community.

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   What does a houseboy do?

   • A houseboy is a man or boy who cleans and does other jobs in someone else's house. Our new houseboy had come. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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   What is Houseboy based on?

   • Houseboy, presented by REDCAT and The Broad, is the international debut of artist William Kentridge's durational performance. Based on the 1956 novel by Cameroonian diplomat Ferdinand Oyono, the performance explores themes of historical participation, archival memory, and post-colonial identity.

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   Who was a houseboy in a plantation?

   • houseman (def. 1). He was a plantation houseboy in Virginia and did, as Cecil does in the film, leave in the pursuit of better employment. He was a houseboy for Mrs. Burris and then he was a houseboy for my grandmother. The cook and the houseboy looked after him with the unobtrusive perfection of service found only in the East.

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   A houseboy (alternatively spelled as houseboi) is a term which refers to a typically male domestic worker or personal assistant who performs cleaning and other forms of personal chores. The term has a record of being used in the British Empire , military slang, and the male LGBT community .

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   The meaning of HOUSEBOY is houseman. These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to illustrate current usage.

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   Houseboy definition: houseman (def. 1). . See examples of HOUSEBOY used in a sentence.

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   A male domestic servant.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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   Define houseboy. houseboy synonyms, houseboy pronunciation, houseboy translation, English dictionary definition of houseboy. n. A boy or man employed to do housework.

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   houseboy meaning, definition, what is houseboy: a man who is employed to do general work...: Learn more.

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   Jun 2, 2024 · houseboy (plural houseboys) (chiefly historical) A young male domestic servant, especially in a British colony in former times. House servants are usually either Chinese or Tamil, the former predominating, especially in towns of any size. The domestic staff will in general consist of a houseboy (in large establishments two houseboys), a water ...