cabin boy
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
cabin boy (plural cabin boys)
- (dated) A boy or young man who is employed to serve as an attendant for passengers or crew members on a ship.
- Synonym: ship's boy
- (dated) A male flight attendant.
Translations edit
a boy serving on a ship
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References edit
- cabin-boy in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- “cabinboy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. / “cabin boy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “cabin boy”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.