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A medical graduate gaining practical experience in a hospital
A houseman is a man who is a servant in a house. housemen someone who has nearly finished training as a doctor and is working in a hospital American Equivalent: intern
an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)
A houseman is a doctor who has a junior post in a hospital and usually sleeps there
{i} male servant
John Houseman
orig. Jacques Haussmann born Sept. 22, 1902, Bucharest, Rom. died Oct. 31, 1988, Malibu, Calif., U.S. Romanian-born U.S. producer and actor. Educated in England, in 1924 he immigrated to the U.S. In 1934 he directed the opera Four Saints in Three Acts, and three years later he and Orson Welles founded the Mercury Theatre. After moving to Hollywood in the 1940s he produced 19 films, including Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), They Live by Night (1949), and Lust for Life (1956). He also produced and directed Broadway plays and TV specials (winning three Emmy Awards) and directed the American Shakespeare Festival. His most notable acting role was in the film The Paper Chase (1973, Academy Award) and the later TV series of the same name
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