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A person, usually male, responsible for retrieving balls from the area of play, and returning them to the players.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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a boy who retrieves balls for tennis players
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: male child, boy
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
aplegapilotes
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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Chinese Mandarin:
球童
(qiútóng)
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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Danish:
bolddreng
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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Dutch:
ballenjongen
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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Finnish:
pallopoika
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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French:
ramasseur de balles
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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German:
Ballbub
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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German:
Balljunge
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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Hungarian:
labdaszedő
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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Hungarian:
labdaszedő fiú
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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Italian:
raccattapalle
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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Japanese:
ボールボーイ
(bōru bōi)
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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Japanese:
ボールパーソン
(bōru pāson)
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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Korean:
볼보이
(bolboi)
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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Norwegian Bokmål:
ballgutt
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
ballgut
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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Polish:
chłopiec do piłek
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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Portuguese:
boleiro
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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Portuguese:
gandula
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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Russian:
болбо́й
(bolbój)
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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Spanish:
recogepelotas
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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Spanish:
recogebolas
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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Swedish:
bollkalle
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls
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Swedish:
bollpojke
— A male person responsible for retrieving balls