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A boy or young man who is employed to serve as an attendant for passengers or crew members on a ship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ship's boy, shipboy
Antonyms: none provided
A male flight attendant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a young man acting as a servant on a ship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: servant, retainer
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
grumet
— a boy serving on a ship
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Czech:
plavčík
— a boy serving on a ship
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Dutch:
scheepsjongen
— a boy serving on a ship
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Estonian:
junga
— a boy serving on a ship
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Estonian:
kajutiteenija
— a boy serving on a ship
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Finnish:
hyttipoika
— a boy serving on a ship
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French:
mousse
— a boy serving on a ship
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French:
moussaillon
— a boy serving on a ship
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German:
Schiffsjunge
— a boy serving on a ship
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Greek:
μούτσος
(moútsos)
— a boy serving on a ship
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Hebrew:
נַעַר תָּא
(na'ar ta)
— a boy serving on a ship
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Hungarian:
hajósinas
— a boy serving on a ship
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Italian:
mozzo
— a boy serving on a ship
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Marshallese:
buwae
— a boy serving on a ship
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Norman:
mousse
— a boy serving on a ship
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Polish:
chłopiec okrętowy
— a boy serving on a ship
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Portuguese:
grumete
— a boy serving on a ship
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Romanian:
mus
— a boy serving on a ship
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Russian:
ю́нга
(júnga)
— a boy serving on a ship
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Spanish:
grumete
— a boy serving on a ship
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Spanish:
galopín
— a boy serving on a ship
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Swahili:
uledi
— a boy serving on a ship
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Swedish:
skeppsgosse
— a boy serving on a ship
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Turkish:
miço
— a boy serving on a ship
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Ukrainian:
ю́нга
(júnha)
— a boy serving on a ship