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loblol·ly boy
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loblolly boynoun
in 18th and 19th century warships, a non-professional assistant to the ship's surgeon.
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Loblolly boy
A loblolly boy on a warship was a non-professional assistant to the ship's surgeon. In Tobias Smollett's 1748 novel The Adventures of Roderick Random, the first to describe Royal Navy life in detail, the protagonist Random was made a loblolly boy upon entering the Royal Navy, and ultimately received his warrant as a surgeon's mate. Loblolly boys also appear in C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower novels, Alexander Kent's "Midshipman Bolitho" novels, and Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels. Stephen Maturin's loblolly boy, Padeen, features in several of O'Brian's books. Possibly because of such influential media representations, it is sometimes erroneously thought to be solely a Royal Navy rating, and surgeons' assistants were so styled in the Royal Navy by 1597. The rating was also used in U.S. Navy warships from the late 18th century until 1861, when the name surgeon's steward was introduced to reflect more stringent training requirements. The name was changed to apothecary in 1866, and again in the 1870s to bayman and then in the early 20th century to Hospital Corpsman. The Royal Navy name changed to sick berth attendant in 1833, with the nickname Sick Bay Tiffy gaining popularity in the 1890s.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of LOBLOLLY BOY in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of LOBLOLLY BOY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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