Definitions for cabin boy

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

cab′in boy`(n.)

  1. a boy employed as a servant on a ship.

Origin of cabin boy:

1720–30

Princeton's WordNet

  1. cabin boy(noun)

    a young man acting as a servant on a ship

Wiktionary

  1. cabin boy(Noun)

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


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