cabin boy

See also: cabinboy and cabin-boy

English

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Noun

cabin boy (plural cabin boys)

  1. (dated) A boy or young man who is employed to serve as an attendant for passengers or crew members on a ship.

Synonyms
  • ship's boy

Translations

References
  • cabin-boy in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
  • “cabinboy” in the Compact Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press, 2007) / “cabin boy” in the Compact Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press, 2007)
  • “cabin boy” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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