mozo

American  

[moh-zoh] / ˈmoʊ zoʊ /

noun

Southwestern U.S.

• mozos
  plural

1. a waiter or male household servant.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• mozos
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of mozo

1830–40; < Spanish: literally, youth, servant, of obscure origin

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

mozo mozos

For two weeks the moody mozo denied everything.

From Time Magazine Archive

Who should Cyprio be but my mozo; he who carried my message to you.

From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Mayne Reid

Towards daylight I took a nap beside a rivulet, and with the sun arose, and had a delicious dip in the pure water—all the reasoning powers of my ancient mozo to the contrary.

From Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia by H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise

And in another ten minutes Billie was facing the mayor over a plate of steaming soup, while a mozo stood at his back waiting to serve the leg of a twenty-five pound turkey.

From The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz Or, Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes by Frank Fowler

The mozo will not, however, accept payment from anybody.

From The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba by Walter Goodman

Well-known songs including "Yo no te pido," "Los años mozos," "Cuba va," and "Yolanda," among others, quickly gained fans and traveled the world.

From Reuters ● Nov. 22, 2022

His mules were safe enough but both mozos had vanished, having found or made friends in the neighbourhood.

From The Woodlands Orchids by Frederick Boyle

The mozos, who had accompanied us thus far, had no intention of going farther, and the problem of getting carriers—which had troubled us ever since we had left Mitla—assumed serious proportions.

From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Frederick Starr

A common disaster had created a common cause amongst the whole troop, and with one accord everybody—peons, mozos, interpreters, bark-strippers and gentlemen—set in motion a grand cleaning-up day.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 by Various

They have one small, ugly, yellow-coloured bull, which they call tame, and which the mozos ride familiarly.

From Life in Mexico by Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis) Calderón de la Barca

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