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mere (iou) and houseman (iou)


mere (iou)



mere noun. M19.
[French = mother.]
The mother, elder: appended to a name to distinguish between a mother and daughter of the same name.
M. Lowry Taskerson mere had taken a fancy to the French boy.

houseman (iou)



houseman noun. Pl. -men. L18.
[from HOUSE noun1 + MAN noun.]
A married labourer on a Norwegian farm. rare. L18.
(Houseman.) A member of Christ Church, Oxford ('the House'). M19.
A man responsible for General duties in a house, hotel, etc. M19.
A house physician or house surgeon, in Britain now usu. a qualified junior doctor working under supervision in a hospital before being fully registered as an independent medical practitioner. M20.
housemanship noun the position of being a houseman in a hospital M20.