dressing-boy

English

Noun

dressing-boy (plural dressing-boys)

1. (India, historical) A native male valet in Madras during the British Raj, corresponding to the bearer of North India.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “dressing-boy”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].